[Machine] Abu Hurairah reported: "Any prayer in which the opening chapter of the Book (i.e., Al-Fatiha) is not recited is incomplete, deficient, and inadequate." He repeated this statement three times. Abu Hurairah also said, "Before that, my beloved, peace and blessings be upon him, said to me, 'O Persian man! Recite the opening chapter of the Book, for I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: 'Allah Almighty says: 'I have divided the prayer between me and my servant, and my servant shall have what he asks for.' So, when he recites the verse 'Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds' (Al-Fatiha 2), my servant says: 'My servant has praised me.' And when he recites the verse 'The Merciful, the Compassionate' (Al-Fatiha 1), my servant says: 'My servant has glorified me or commended me.' And when he recites the verse 'Master of the Day of Judgment' (Al-Fatiha 4), my servant says: 'My servant has entrusted his affairs to me.' And when he says: 'You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help' (Al-Fatiha 5), my servant says: 'This is between me and my servant, and for my servant is what he asks for.' And once he says: 'Guide us on the Straight Path, the path of those who have received your grace; not the path of those who have brought down wrath upon themselves, nor of those who have gone astray' (Al-Fatiha 7), He said, 'This is for my servant, and my servant shall have what he asks for.'"
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَيُّمَا صَلَاةٍ لَا يُقْرَأُ فِيهَا بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ ثُمَّ هِيَ خِدَاجٌ ثُمَّ هِيَ خِدَاجٌ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَقَالَ قَبْلَ ذَاكَ حَبِيبِي عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا فَارِسِيُّ اقْرَأْ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ قَسَمْتُ الصَّلَاةَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَبْدِي وَقَالَ مَرَّةً وَلِعَبْدِي مَاسَأَلَ فَإِذَا قَالَ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة 2] قَالَ حَمِدَنِي عَبْدِي فَإِذَا قَالَ {الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} [الفاتحة 1] قَالَ مَجَّدَنِي عَبْدِي أَوْ أَثْنَى عَلَيَّ عَبْدِي فَإِذَا قَالَ {مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ} قَالَ فَوَّضَ إِلَيَّ عَبْدِي فَإِذَا قَالَ {إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ} [الفاتحة 5] قَالَ فَهَذِهِ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَبْدِي وَلِعَبْدِي مَا سَأَلَ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً مَا سَأَلَنِي فَيَسْأَلُهُ عَبْدُهُ {اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ} [الفاتحة 7] قَالَ هَذَا لِعَبْدِي لَكَ مَا سَأَلْتَ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً وَلِعَبْدِي مَا سَأَلَنِي