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    Question ID: 23878Country: India

    Title: Reciting surah fatiha with imam is valid or not?

    Question: reciting surah fatiha with imam is valid or not

    Answer ID: 23878

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 1109/848/L=1431)

    It is not right to recite Surah Fatiha behind Imam. The holy Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:
    من كان له إمام فقراءة الإمام له قراءة ( او كما قال عليه السلام).

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India