Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: If anyone observes a prayer in which he does not recite Umm al-Quran, it is incomplete, it is incomplete, it is incomplete, and deficient. (The narrator said) I said: Abu Hurairah, sometime I pray behind the imam (then what should I do)? Pressing my hand he replied: O Persian, recite it inwardly, for I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying that Allah, Most High, has said: I have Me and the Half for my servant and My servant will receive what he asks. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Recite. When the servant says:“praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe, ”Allah, Most High says:“My servant has praised me. ”When the servant says:“ The Compassionate, the merciful,“Allah Most High says:“My servant has lauded me. ”When the servant says:“Owner of the Day of Judgment, ”Allah, Most High, says:“My servant has glorified Me”When the servant says:“ Thee do we worship and of thee we ask help.“ (Allah says)“This is between Me and My servant, and My servant will receive what he asks. ”When the servant says:“ Guide us to the Straight Path, the path of those whom thou hast favoured, not (the path) of those who earn thine anger nor of those who go astray, ”(Allah says:)“This is for My servant, and My servant will receive what he asks. ”

Abu Hurairah said: In every prayer there is a recitation. We make you listen what the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم made us listen, and we keep hidden from you what he kept hidden from us.

Abu Hurairah said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم commanded me to announce that prayer is not valid but with the recitation of Fatihat al-kitab and something more.

Ubadah bin al-Samit reported the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: the prayer is not valid I one does not recite fatihat al-kitab and something more, sufyan (the narrator) said: This applies to a man who prays alone.