Is the prayer valid if the opening supplication (Du'a al-Istiftah) is recited after the first Takbir (Takbirat al-Ihram) and not before it?
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Your prayer is valid. The mentioned supplication is one of the opening supplications (Adhkar al-Istiftah) that are recited after the Takbirat al- (the opening Allahu Akbar), not before it, as has been reported in multiple authentic narrations from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and as stated by the scholars.
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