Prayers & Duties >> Salah (Prayer)
Question ID: 23904Country: India
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