حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ الْعَلَائِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ أَنَّ أَبَا السَّائِبِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ صَلَّی صَلَاةً لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهَا بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ فَهِيَ خِدَاجٌ غَيْرُ تَمَامٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فَإِنِّي أَکُونُ أَحْيَانًا وَرَائَ الْإِمَامِ فَغَمَزَ ذِرَاعِي وَقَالَ يَا فَارِسِيُّ اقْرَأْ بِهَا فِي نَفْسِکَ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 838
It was narrated from Abu Sa'ib that he heard Abu Hurairah say. "The Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H said: 'Whoever performs a prayer in which he does not recite Ummul Qur'an (the Mother of the Quran, i.e., AI-Fatihah), it is deficient; not complete:" I said: '0 Abu Hurairah, sometimes I am behind the lmtim. He pressed my forearm and said: 'a Persian! Recite it to yourself:" (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020