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What is the ruling on reciting Al-Fatiha after every obligatory prayer, and is the intention behind audible remembrance after prayer congregational remembrance, and what is the ruling on congregational remembrance?

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There is no authentic evidence for the permissibility of reciting Al-Fatihah after the obligatory prayers. However, there is no harm in reciting it occasionally. But to persist in it and consider it a Sunnah or a required remembrance after prayer is an innovation (bid'ah).

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