Hadith on Salah: Reciting Al-Fatihah in prayer is obligatory

Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “A prayer performed by one who has not recited ‘the foundation of the Quran’ during it is deficient, deficient, deficient, incomplete.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 395

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاةً لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهَا بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ ثَلَاثًا غَيْرُ تَمَامٍ

395 صحيح مسلم كتاب الصلاة باب وجوب قراءة الفاتحة في كل ركعة وقراءة غيرها إن لم يحسنها

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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