Chapter on the Rulings of Congregational Prayer (the Minimum Number for Congregational Prayer, the Description of the Imam, Who Is to Be Followed and Who Is Not to Be Followed, Recitation Behind Both of Them, the Rulings of Those Led in Prayer, and Other Such Rulings Related to It)

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 3

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 3

Chapter on the Rulings of Congregational Prayer (the Minimum Number for Congregational Prayer, the Description of the Imam, Who Is to Be Followed and Who Is Not to Be Followed, Recitation Behind Both of Them, the Rulings of Those Led in Prayer, and Other Such Rulings Related to It)

Commentary #20

وهذا الخبر يدل على انه متى لم يقرأ فاتحة الكتاب لم تجزءه الصلاة حسب ما قدمناه وأما الذي رواه

And this report indicates that whenever he does not recite the ‘Umm Ul Kitab’ (Surah al-Fatihah), the prayer does not suffice him, just as we have previously stated. As for what was narrated: