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The question

Is it sufficient for a follower in congregational prayer to merely follow the Imam in his movements without reciting the Quran or glorifying God?

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The congregant must follow the Imam in all actions of the prayer. In a silent prayer, the congregant recites Al-Fatiha and other surahs. As for a loud prayer, the congregant recites only Al-Fatiha. The congregant says in bowing (rukūʿ), prostration (sujūd), and tashahhud what an individual praying alone says, except when rising from bowing, where the congregant says: "Rabbana wa laka al-hamd (Our Lord, and to You be all praise)" if the Imam says: "Sami‘a Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears those who praise Him)."

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