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[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed two units of prayer in which he only recited the Opening Chapter of the Book (Al-Fatiha).

البيهقي:٢٤٦٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْمُقْرِئُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّائِغُ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ ثنا عَفَّانُ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ أنبأ حَنْظَلَةُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهِمَا إِلَّا بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ

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ibnmajah:837 – Hishām b. ʿAmmār And Sahl b. Abū Sahl Waʾisḥāq b. Ismāʿīl > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > Maḥmūd b. al-Rabīʿ > ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit

“There is no prayer for the one who does not recite Fatihatil-Kitab in it.”

ابن ماجة:٨٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ وَسَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ صَلاَةَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهَا بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ

suyuti:420-377b – Ibn ʿAbbās
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السيوطي:٤٢٠-٣٧٧b –

"عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أنَّ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ : صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَمْ يَقْرَأ فِيهِمَا (إِلاَّ) بِفَاتِحَةِ الكِتَابِ".

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