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When I'm praying, how should I reciting Al-Fatiha should I start with the first Ayah which is "Bismillah Arrahman Arraheem" or should I immediately start with "Al-hamdu Lillahi Rabbil al-Alameen"?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
The verse (Bismillah ar-Rahmaan ar-Raheem) is to be recited before al-Faatihah during Prayers that are said aloud or quietly. The preponderant opinion is that both practices reciting Bismillah aloud or quiet are proved from the Prophet Muhammad . But the Prophet used to recite it quietly most of the time. Imam Ibn al-Qayyim 
said: “Sometimes the Prophet would recite it aloud, but most of the time he would say it quietly and not aloud.”
Finally, we conclude that it is a Sunnah to recite Al-Faatihah quietly but there is no harm if it is recited aloud sometimes.
Allah knows best.
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