Question
If Surah Faatihah is omitted will Salaat be valid? If after Surah Faatihah a Surah is not recited, will the Salaat be valid?
Answer
Surah Faatihah in Salaat is Waajib. Three short Aayats after Surah Faatihah are also Waajib. Qir'aat is Fardh. Omission of Surah Faatihah or the Aayats thereafter necessitate Sajdah Sahw.
If Surah Faatihah is omitted mistakenly, Sajdah Sahw is Waajib. If omitted intentionally, Sajdah Sahw will not compensate. The Salaat has to be compulsorily repeated.
Surah Faatihah and a Surah or some Aayaat have to be compulsorily recited in every raka't of Sunnat, Witr and Nafl Salaat. It has to be compulsorily recited in only the first two raka'ts of Fardh Salaat.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 27 No 07
- PDF page
- 5
Appears under REJECTING HADITH IS IRTIDAAD (approximate).