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844. It was narrated that Samurah bin Jundab said: "There are two pauses which I memorized from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, but Imrān bin Husain denied that. We wrote to Ubayy bin Ka'b in Al-Madinah, and he wrote that Samurah had indeed memorized them." (Hasan)
(One of the narrators) Sa'eed said: "We said to Qatādah: 'What are these two pauses?' He said: 'When he started his prayer, and when he finished reciting.'"
Then later he said: 'And when he recited: 'Not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor of those who went astray.'[1] They used to like (for the Imām) when he had finished reciting to remain silent until he had caught his breath.'"
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Some people say that one should recite Fātiḥah behind the Imām as the Imām recites, within oneself, or rather, he should recite it during one of the two
pauses of the Imâm but the view is not correct, since the Prophet ﷺ had not made those pauses for that purpose. That is why they were so short. Besides, the Companions did not keep to this practice. There is, thus, no secure basis for allowing the recitation of Al-Fâtihah only during those pauses.
