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muslim:395cAḥmad b. Jaʿfar al-Maʿqirī > al-Naḍr b. Muḥammad > Abū Ūways > al-ʿAlāʾ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: He who said his prayer, but did not recite the opening chapter of al-Kitab, his prayer is incomplete. He repeated it thrice.  

مسلم:٣٩٥cحَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمَعْقِرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُوَيْسٍ أَخْبَرَنِي الْعَلاَءُ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ مِنْ أَبِي وَمِنْ أَبِي السَّائِبِ وَكَانَا جَلِيسَىْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالاَ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ صَلَّى صَلاَةً لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهَا بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَهْىَ خِدَاجٌ يَقُولُهَا ثَلاَثًا بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِهِمْ