The Basmala in the Opening of the Book: Between the Narrations of Reciters and the Schools of Jurisprudence

Abstract

This research deals with the issue of the Basmalah in Surat Al-Fatihah and the reciters’ narration of it at the beginning of the surah. Since what was narrated by the respected reciters of the Quran is considered a mutawatir text, and everything that was mutawatir from the reciters of the Quran is definitively proven, why was there disagreement over the Qur’anic nature of the Basmalah? And why did the opinions of the jurists differ regarding reciting the Basmalah in prayer? This is what this research will answer in detail The aim is to extrapolate what was narrated from the reciters, study the words of the jurists, and address the issue in a scientific manner in an attempt to reach the satisfactory word that the soul finds comfort in the issue of the Basmalah at the beginning of Surat Al-Fatihah between the narration of the reciters and the words of the jurists.