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    Question ID: 23904Country: India

    Title: Can we read surah Fatiha in (Qiyam) sirri salah or third or fourth rakah in other salat?

    Question: can we read surah Fatiha in (Qiyam) sirri salah or third or fourth rakah in other salat.

    Answer ID: 23904

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 1334/1070/B=1431)

    According to the Hanafi Fiqh, it is not lawful to recite Surah Fatihah behind the Imam. Almighty Allah says in the holy Quran:
    وَإِذَا قُرِئَ الْقُرْآنُ فَاسْتَمِعُواْ لَهُ وَأَنصِتُواْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ [الأعراف : 204]
    When the Qur'an is recited, listen to it and be silent, so that you may be blessed.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India