Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Should I recite anything behind the Imam?

· 2 Rajab 1435 AH1 min readFatwa 29040English

Question

Should We Recite Surah Fatiha Behind Imam In Namaz or Should we Remain Silent

And We Should Follow Imam Then In Zohar Namaz Imam Recites Silently , So We Should recite our own or imam is Reciting ours

Same Goes for 3rd Rakat of Maghrib Please Clarify

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

A Muqtadi (person performing Salaah behind the Imam) should remain silent regardless of whether it is a Salaah wherein the Imam recites loudly or softly. He should neither recite Surah Fatihah nor anything else. He should remain absolutely quite. The Qiraa’ah of the Imam is sufficient for the Muqtadi.[1]

A person should focus his mind towards Allah as Salaah is a means of communicating with Allah.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Nabeel Valli

Student Darul Iftaa
Lusaka, Zambia

Checked and Approved by,
Ismail Desai.

www.daruliftaa.net

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] بدائع الصنائع في ترتيب الشرائع (1/ 110) [دار الكتب العلمية – النسخة القديمة]

فَأَمَّا الْمُقْتَدِي فَلَا قِرَاءَةَ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَنَا .... وَأَمَّا الْحَدِيثُ فَعِنْدَنَا «لَا صَلَاةَ بِدُونِ قِرَاءَةٍ» أَصْلًا، وَصَلَاةُ الْمُقْتَدِي لَيْسَتْ بِصَلَاةٍ بِدُونِ قِرَاءَةٍ أَصْلًا، بَلْ هِيَ صَلَاةٌ بِقِرَاءَةٍ وَهِيَ قِرَاءَةُ الْإِمَامِ عَلَى أَنَّ قِرَاءَةَ الْإِمَامِ قِرَاءَةٌ لِلْمُقْتَدِي، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - «مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ إمَامٌ فَقِرَاءَةُ الْإِمَامِ لَهُ قِرَاءَةٌ»

Answered by
Nabeel Valli
Checked & approved by
Ismail Desai
View original Compare with other Darul Iftas
Questions about this ruling, answered only from the archive with sources.

Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.

Fatawa SA is an independent, read-only index of fatawa already published by Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah. It is not a fatwa service. For your own situation, please ask a Mufti. Report an issue

For corrections or mistakes, please email us at fatawasa786@gmail.com.

Source: Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah — https://askimam.org/public/question_detail/29040
Fatawa SA: https://fatawa.co.za/fatwa/askimam-29040

People also ask

Should the follower recite Surah Fatiha behind the imam?

“According to Ahnaaf, it is not permissible for a muqtadi to recite [silently or audibly] along with the imam during Taraweeh.”

Ask Imaam · 86 fatawa from 5 Darul Iftas on this

What the Darul Iftas say

Related fatawa