The importance of the Opening Surah, al-Fātiḥah

عن أبي هُريرة رضي الله عنه:أن رسول الله ﷺ دخل المسجد فدخَل رجلٌ، فصلَّى، فسلَّم على النبيِّ ﷺ، فرَدَّ وقال: «ارجِعْ فصَلِّ؛ فإنَّكَ لم تُصَلِّ»،فرجَعَ يُصَلِّي كما صَلَّى، ثم جاء، فسلَّمَ على النبيِّ ﷺ، فقال: «ارجِعْ فصَلِّ؛ فإنَّكَ لم تُصَلِّ» ثلاثًا، فقال: والذي بعَثَكَ بالحقِّ ما أُحسِنُ غَيرَه، فعَلِّمْني، فقال: «إذا قُمْتَ إلى الصلاةِ فكَبِّرْ،ثم اقرَأْ ما تَيسَّرَ معَكَ منَ القرآنِ، ثم اركَعْ حتى تَطمئِنَّ راكعًا، ثم ارفَعْ حتى تَعدِل قائمًا، ثم اسجُدْ حتى تَطمئِنَّ ساجِدًا، ثم ارفَعْ حتى تَطمئِنَّ جالسًا، وافعَلْ ذلك في صلاتِكَ كلِّها»

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Abu Hurayrah narrated:

1. God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) entered the mosque. A man came in and offered a prayer, then came forward and greeted God’s Messenger (peace be upon him). The Prophet replied with a greeting then said: ‘Go back and pray, for you have not prayed’. 2. The man went back and prayed in the same way as he prayed earlier. He then returned to the Prophet and greeted him. The Prophet said: ‘And peace be to you’. He then said: ‘Go back and pray, for you have not prayed’. He did this three times. The man said: ‘By Him who sent you with the message of the truth, I know nothing better than this. Teach me’. 3. The Prophet said: ‘When you stand up to pray, say Allah-u akbar. 4. then recite of the Qur’an what comes easy to you. 5. Then bow until you are well positioned in bowing, then raise yourself until you stand up well. Then you prostrate yourself until you are well positioned in prostration, then raise yourself until you are well positioned seated. Do this throughout your prayer’.

Related by al-Bukhari, 757; Muslim, 397.

Abu ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Nufayl

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Abu ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Nufayl belonged to the ‘Adiy branch of the Quraysh. He embraced Islam when he was young. He migrated to Madinah with his father when he was still a child below the age of puberty. At the time of the Battle of Uḥud, he was too young to fight. His first military effort was the Encounter of the Moat, i.e. al-Khandaq. He also participated in the pledge under the tree. Zaynab bint Maẓ‘ūn, who was ‘Uthmān ibn Maẓ‘ūn’s sister, was his mother and the mother of his sister, Ḥafṣah the Mother of Believers. He narrated much useful information from the Prophet, and also from his father‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, Abu Bakr, ‘Uthmān, ‘Alī, Bilāl, Ṣuhayb and other companions of the Prophet. He issued many fatwas and narrated a large number of hadiths. He died in Year 74 AH 694 CE.