Chapter on the Detailed Explanation of Prayer, Including the Obligatory and Recommended, and What is Permissible and Not Permissible.
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 9
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 9
Chapter on the Detailed Explanation of Prayer, Including the Obligatory and Recommended, and What is Permissible and Not Permissible.
مَا رَوَاهُ اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَقُومُ فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ فَيَنْسَى فَاتِحَةَ اَلْكِتَابِ قَالَ« فَلْيَقُلْ أَسْتَعِيذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ اَلشَّيْطَانِ اَلرَّجِيمِ إِنَّ اَللَّهَ« هُوَ اَلسَّمِيعُ اَلْعَلِيمُ» ثُمَّ لْيَقْرَأْهَا مَادَامَ لَمْ يَرْكَعْ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ قِرَاءَةَ حَتَّى يَبْدَأَ بِهَا فِي جَهْرٍ أَوْ إِخْفَاتٍ فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا رَكَعَ أَجْزَأَهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى»
What was narrated by al-Husayn ibn Sa’id from Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama’ah, who said:
I asked Him عليه السلام about a man who stands in prayer and forgets Surat al-Fatihah. Imam عليه السلام said: "Let him say: ‘I seek refuge in Allah سبحانه وتعالى from the accursed Shaytan. Indeed, Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing,’ then let him recite it as long as he has not bowed. For there is no (valid) recitation until he begins with it, whether aloud or silently. But if he has bowed, it suffices him, if Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, wills."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 156
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 197