“When Jibril was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), he heard a sound from above like a door opening. Jibril, peace be upon him, looked up toward the sky and said: ‘This is a gate in Heaven that has been opened, but it was never opened before.” He said: “An Angel came down from it […]
The Prophet (ﷺ) passed by him when he was praying, and called him. He said: “I finished praying, then I came to him, and he said: ‘What kept you from answering me?’ He said: ‘I was praying.’ He said: ‘Does not Allah say: O you who believe! Answer Allah (by obeying Him) and (His) Messenger […]
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, did not reveal in the Tawrah or the Injil anything like Umm Al-Quran (Al-Fatihah), which is the seven oft-recited, and (Allah said) it is divided between Myself and My slave will have what he asked for.’”
“The Prophet (ﷺ) was given seven oft-recited; the seven long ones.”
Concerning the words of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime: “Seven of Al-Mathani (seven repeatedly-recited): “The seven long ones.”
“I heard Abu Hurairah say: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever offers a prayer in which he does not recite Umm Al-Quran (Al Fatihah), it is deficient, it is deficient, it is deficient, incomplete.” I (Abu As-Sa’ib) said: ‘O Abu Hurairah, sometimes I am behind the Imam.’ He poked me in the arm and […]
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “There is no Salah for one who does not recite Fatihatil-Kitab.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “There is no Salah for one who does not recite Fatihatil-Kitab or more.’”
“I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman, may Allah be pleased with them, and I did not hear any of them say out loud: In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful.”
“If Abdullah bin Mughaffal heard any one of us recite: ‘In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful’, he would say: ‘I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and behind Abu Bakr and behind Umar-may Allah be pleased with them both- and I did not hear any of them recite: ‘In […]