DarussalamṢaḥīḥAl-Albani(حديث: ".... فلا تفعلوا إلا بأم القرآن...." ) ضعيف، (حديث: "لا صلاة لمن لم يقرأ بفاتحة الكتاب" ) صحيح (حديث: "لا صلاة لمن لم يقرأ بفاتحة الكتاب" ) ، ابن ماجة (٨٣٧) ، (حديث: ".... فلا تفعلوا إلا بأم القرآن...." ) ، ضعيف أبي داود (١٤٦) // عندنا في "ضعيف أبي داود" برقم (١٧٦ / ٨٢٣) ، ضعيف الجامع الصغير (٢٠٨٢ و ٤٦٨١) //Al-Albani source references (1)
(حديث: ".... فلا تفعلوا إلا بأم القرآن...." ) ضعيف، (حديث: "لا صلاة لمن لم يقرأ بفاتحة الكتاب" ) صحيح (حديث: "لا صلاة لمن لم يقرأ بفاتحة الكتاب" ) ، ابن ماجة (٨٣٧) ، (حديث: ".... فلا تفعلوا إلا بأم القرآن...." ) ، ضعيف أبي داود (١٤٦) // عندنا في "ضعيف أبي داود" برقم (١٧٦ / ٨٢٣) ، ضعيف الجامع الصغير (٢٠٨٢ و ٤٦٨١) //
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English translation
311. 'Ubādah bin Aṣ-Ṣāmit narrated: "Allāh's Messenger ﷺ
prayed the Ṣubh prayer, and he had difficulty with the recitation. When turned (after finishing) he said: 'I think that you are reciting behind your Imām ?'" He said: "We said: 'Yes, Messenger of Allāh, by Allāh!' He said: 'Do not do that, except for Umm Al-Kitāb,'[1] for there is no Ṣalāt for one who does not recite it.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
He said: There are narrations on this topic from Abū Hurairah, 'Āishah, Anas, Abū Qatādah, and Abdullāh bin 'Amr.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of Ubādah is a Ḥasan Hadīth.
Az-Zuhri has narrated this Hadīth from Maḥmūd bin Ar-Rabi', from 'Ubādah bin Aṣ-Ṣāmit, that the Prophet ﷺ said: "There is no Ṣalāt for one who does not recite Fātiḥatil Kitāb."
[He said:] This is more correct.
This Hadīth is to be acted upon, regarding recitation behind the Imām, according to most of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and the Tābi'īn.
It is the saying of Mālik bin Anas, Ibn Al-Mubārak, Aṣh-Shāfi'i, Aḥmad, and Iṣḥāq. They held the view that one is to recite behind the Imām.
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Footnotes
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[1] At-Tin 95.
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[1] That is, Sūrat Al-Fātiḥah.
Commentary
Other than Imām Abū Ḥanīfah, all the A'immah are in favor of reading Fātiḥah behind the Imām; some are of the view to read in all prayers, according to some just in silent prayers; some state it obligatory and some desirable. But this Ḥadīth is very clear that no prayer would be valid without Fātiḥah; and the word 'Mann' unanimously includes every body in general, therefore it includes all: Imām, individual, and the follower.
