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    Question ID: 12477Country: KW

    Title: I want to know that, If i am praying namaz (salah) by following Imam then, "is it compulsory to read Surah Fatiha or not"? Kindly give references also. Thanking you!

    Question: I want to know that, If i am praying namaz (salah) by following Imam then, "is it compulsory to read Surah Fatiha or not"? Kindly give references also. Thanking you!

    Answer ID: 12477

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 867/729=D/1430)

     

    The muqtadi should not recite Surah Fatihah while performing salah behind an imam, it is makrooh tahreemi:

    في القرآن: وإذا قرئ القرآن فاستمعوا لہ وأنصتوا

    وفي الحدیث: من کان لہ إمام فقرأۃ الامام لہ قرأۃ (موطا امام محمد، طحاوي، مسند ابي شیبہ)

    وفي حدیث آخر: إنما جعل الإمام لیؤتم بہ، فإذا کبر فکبروا ۔۔۔ وإذا قرء فأنصتوا (مسند أحمد، مسلم)

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India