Answered by Shaykh Yūsuf Badāt
Question:
Does reading Sūrah Al-Fātiḥah again fulfill the wujūb (obligation) of dhamm al-sūrah (reciting a Qur’ānic passage)?
Answer:
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم
In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathābah.
The correct prophetic method is to recite another passage of the Qur’ān after Sūrah Al-Fātiḥah.
Repeating Sūrah Al-Fātiḥah instead of another sūrah will be considered makrūh (islamicaly disliked). However, the prayer will be valid. – (See: Rad-Al-Muḥtār, Page 149, Volume 2[1], Dār Al-Ālam Al-Kutub, Badā’i Al-Sanā’i, Page 524, Volume 1, Dār Al-Kutub, Al-‘Ilmiyyah[2])
The Prophet Muḥammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “One is not credited with having observed the prayer without the recitation.” – (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 396)[3]
“So recite what is easy [for you] of the Qur’ān.” – (Qur’ān 73:20)[4]
Only Allāh knows best.
[1] وَضَمُّ أَقْصَرِ سُورَةٍ كَالْكَوْثَرِ أَوْ مَا قَامَ مَقَامَهَا، هُوَ ثَلَاثُ آيَاتٍ قِصَارٍ، نَحْوُ {ثُمَّ نَظَرَ} [المدثر: ٢١] {ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ} [المدثر: ٢٢] {ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ} [المدثر: ٢٣] وَكَذَا لَوْ كَانَتْ الْآيَةُ أَوْ الْآيَتَانِ تَعْدِلُ ثَلَاثًا قِصَارًا ذَكَرَهُ الْحَلَبِيُّ – رد المحتار ج٢/ص١٤٩
[2] الْمَفْرُوضُ هُوَ أَصْلُ الْقِرَاءَةِ عِنْدَنَا مِنْ غَيْرِ تَعْيِينٍ، فَأَمَّا قِرَاءَةُ الْفَاتِحَةِ وَالسُّورَةِ عَيْنًا فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ فَلَيْسَتْ بِفَرِيضَةٍ وَلَكِنَّهَا وَاجِبَةٌ عَلَى مَا يُذْكَرُ فِي بَيَانِ وَاجِبَاتِ الصَّلَاةِ – بدايع الصنايع ج١/ص٥٢٤
[3] عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ لاَ صَلاَةَ إِلاَّ بِقِرَاءَةٍ ” – مسلم ٣٩٦
[4] فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ – مزمل ٢٠
