What are the duties of the congregant (ma'mum)?
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The congregant surpasses the person praying alone in one obligation, which is following the Imam. The congregant is distinguished from the person praying alone by two matters:
1. It is obligatory for him to recite Al-Fatiha behind the Imam, whether the prayer is audible or silent, and he should not recite anything else. 2. The Imam bears the forgetfulness of the congregant.
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