The ruling on reciting al-Fatihah in the secret and the loud prayers
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Question:
What is the ruling on reciting al-Fatihah in the secret and the loud prayers, with your preferred opinion?
Answer:
Reciting al-Fatihah is obligatory for the imam and the one praying alone. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 247Sahih (Darussalam) And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Ibn Hibban 7:171 This is the view of the majority of the scholars of knowledge: it is obligatory for the imam and the one praying alone.
However, they differed regarding the ma'mum (one praying behind the imam): is it obligatory for him or not? There are three opinions: some said it is obligatory for the ma'mum in the secret prayers, but not in the loud ones; some said it is obligatory for him absolutely, in both the secret and the loud prayers; and some said it is not obligatory in either the secret or the loud prayers. These are three opinions, and the strongest of them, as it appears from the hadiths, is that it is obligatory absolutely. This is the most apparent of them.
And it is not permissible for the ma'mum to leave it, just as the imam and the one praying alone do not leave it. Rather, the ma'mum recites it, even if it is over the recitation of the imam; he recites it to himself, then listens. As for the Zuhr, 'Asr, Maghrib, 'Isha', and Fajr prayers: in the secret ones, it is apparent, and in the loud ones, he recites it after the takbir of intention, after the al-Fatihah, as much as is possible for him with the imam.
What is the ruling on reciting al-Fatihah in the secret and the loud prayers, with your preferred opinion?
Answer:
Reciting al-Fatihah is obligatory for the imam and the one praying alone. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
There is no Salat for the one who does not recite Fatihatil-Kitab.
لا صلاة لمن لم يقرأ بفاتحة الكتابWhoever prays a prayer in which he did not recite with al-Fatihah of the Book, it is deficient, it is deficient, not complete.
من صلى صلاة لم يقرأ فيها بفاتحة الكتاب؛ فهي خداج، فهي خداج غير تمامHowever, they differed regarding the ma'mum (one praying behind the imam): is it obligatory for him or not? There are three opinions: some said it is obligatory for the ma'mum in the secret prayers, but not in the loud ones; some said it is obligatory for him absolutely, in both the secret and the loud prayers; and some said it is not obligatory in either the secret or the loud prayers. These are three opinions, and the strongest of them, as it appears from the hadiths, is that it is obligatory absolutely. This is the most apparent of them.
And it is not permissible for the ma'mum to leave it, just as the imam and the one praying alone do not leave it. Rather, the ma'mum recites it, even if it is over the recitation of the imam; he recites it to himself, then listens. As for the Zuhr, 'Asr, Maghrib, 'Isha', and Fajr prayers: in the secret ones, it is apparent, and in the loud ones, he recites it after the takbir of intention, after the al-Fatihah, as much as is possible for him with the imam.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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