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is the salah valid if a person recites another surah before the fatiha dduring salah.if so please elaborate. Salaam
Answer
Praise be to Allah.If a person recites another soorah before al-Faatihah,
his prayer is valid so long as he recites al-Faatihah afterwards. But this is not what is
prescribed in Islam and the one who does this is mistaken. One has to recite al-Faatihah
first, then recite whatever one can of Qur’aan afterwards, because the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Pray as you have seen me
praying.” When he prayed, he recited al-Faatihah first, and did not change this
sequence in any of the many prayers he prayed during his lifetime. It is obligatory to
follow the Sunnah. And Allaah knows best.
Source: IslamQA (Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid)