How can a Muslim, who hasn’t memorised Surah Fatiha yet, pray? - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki

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how does a new Muslim pray if they haven't learned al-fatiha if they haven't learned al-fatiha the Hameed is asking do you simply you just go along with the motions just go along with what people around you have or how what they are doing and you just practice until you learn so that's fine

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2018, April 22). How can a Muslim, who hasn’t memorised Surah Fatiha yet, pray?  - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki [Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/v6lbfqhjgze/

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Mufti Abu Layth. 2018. "How can a Muslim, who hasn’t memorised Surah Fatiha yet, pray?  - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki." Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded April 22, 2018. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/v6lbfqhjgze/

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@misc{abulayth-v6lBfqhjGZE,
  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{How can a Muslim, who hasn’t memorised Surah Fatiha yet, pray?  - Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki}},
  year = {2018},
  month = {4},
  date = {2018-04-22},
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  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/v6lbfqhjgze/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}