صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الصلاة
The Book of Prayers
باب وُجُوبِ قِرَاءَةِ الْفَاتِحَةِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ وَإِنَّهُ إِذَا لَمْ يُحْسِنِ الْفَاتِحَةَ وَلاَ أَمْكَنَهُ تَعَلُّمُهَا قَرَأَ مَا تَيَسَّرَ لَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا:
Chapter: It Is Obligatory To Recite Al-Fatihah In Every Rak'ah; If A Person Cannot Recite Al-Fatihah Or Cannot Learn It, Then He Should Recite Whatever Else He Can Manage
Hadith 396
This hadith is listed as number 884 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ ، عَنْ حَبِيبٍ الْمُعَلِّمِ ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ : " فِي كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ قِرَاءَةٌ ، فَمَا أَسْمَعَنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَسْمَعْنَاكُمْ ، وَمَا أَخْفَى مِنَّا أَخْفَيْنَاهُ مِنْكُمْ ، وَمَنْ قَرَأَ بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ ، فَقَدْ أَجْزَأَتْ عَنْهُ ، وَمَنْ زَادَ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ " .
'Ata' reported it on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) who said: Recitation (of Surat al-Fatiha) in every (rak'ah) of prayer in essential. (The recitation) that we listened to from the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) we made you listen to it. And that which he recited inwardly to us, we recited it inwardly for you. And he who recites Umm al-Qur'an, it is enough for him (to complete the prayer), and he who adds to it (recites some other verses of the Holy Qur'an along with Surat al-Fatiha), it is preferable for him.
