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247. 'Ubādah bin Aṣ-Ṣāmiṭ narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "There is no Ṣalāt for the one who does not recite Fātiḥatil-Kitāb" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Hurairah, 'Aishah, Anas, Abū Qatādah, and 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of 'Ubādah bin Aṣ-Ṣāmiṭ is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth.
Most of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ act according to it. Among them are 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb, ['Ali bin Abī Ṭālib], Jābir bin 'Abdullāh. Imrān bin Ḥuṣain, and others besides them. In the opinion of these scholars, no Ṣalāt is acceptable without the recitation of Fātiḥatil-Kitāb.
['Ali bin Abī Ṭālib said: "Every Ṣalāt in which Fātiḥatil-Kitāb is not recited is a deficient that is not complete."
This is the saying of Ibn Al-Mubārak, Ash-Shāfi'i, Aḥmad, and Iṣhāq.
[I heard Ibn Abī 'Umar saying: "I
visted Ibn 'Uyainah for eighteen years, and Al-Ḥumaidī was one year older than me.” And, I heard Ibn Abī 'Umar saying: “I performed Hajj seventy times, walking on my feet.”]
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[1] That is, Sūrat Al-Fātiḥah.
Commentary
This Ḥadīth is a proof of the issue that reading Al-Fātiḥah is compulsory for any prayer of day or night, of journey or residence, voluntary or obligatory, the person offering the prayer can be an individual, an Imām or a follower; the Fātiḥah is a pillar of prayer. No one's prayer is valid without it. [Umdatul-Qārī: 3/64]
