Those who said: there is no prayer without Surah al-Fatihah

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever did not recite Surah al-Fatihah, his prayer did not take place."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performed a prayer and did not recite Surah al-Fatihah in it, his prayer is deficient, deficient, deficient."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every prayer in which Surah al-Fatihah is not recited is deficient."

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Whoever did not recite Surah al-Fatihah in every rak'ah has not prayed at all. However, reciting it behind the imam is not necessary.

Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) says: That prayer is not valid in which Surah al-Fatihah and two or more verses are not recited.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) says: In every prayer there is recitation of the Qur'an, and that is Surah al-Fatihah or something more than it.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) says: That prayer is not valid in which Surah al-Fatihah and two or more verses are not recited.

Abdullah bin al-Harith says: I was sitting with some of the Ansari Companions. They mentioned the prayer and said: There is no prayer without recitation, even if a man recites only Surah al-Fatihah, but he must recite. The narrator Khalid says: I said to Abdullah bin al-Harith: Can you name any one of them? He said: Yes, Sayyiduna Khawwat bin Jubayr (may Allah be pleased with him).

Mujahid says: The rak'ah in which Surah al-Fatihah was not recited is to be repeated.

Muhammad bin al-Hakam says that Abu Wa'il recited Surah al-Fatihah and one verse, then bowed.

Ata says that Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Surah al-Fatihah suffices. I met him later and asked: In the obligatory prayer? He said: Yes.

Ibrahim says: Surah al-Fatihah suffices in both the obligatory and the non-obligatory prayer.

Abu al-Aliyah al-Barra' says: I said to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): Should I recite in every rak'ah? He said: I feel shy before the Lord of this House not to recite Surah al-Fatihah and whatever is easy after it in every rak'ah. He says: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: It is your imam; if you wish, recite less than that, and if you wish, recite more.

Al-Walid bin Yahya says that Jabir bin Zayd recited "Dark green (both of them)" [al-Rahman: 64] and then bowed.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The prayer of the one who did not recite Surah al-Fatihah and another surah along with it in every rak'ah, in the obligatory and non-obligatory prayer, did not take place."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We used to say that the prayer of one who does not recite Surah al-Fatihah and something more than it does not take place.

Mujahid says: In a voluntary prayer, reciting Surah al-Fatihah suffices.