Fatwa #290401 May 2014India
Should I recite anything behind the Imam?
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
[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»