Answered by Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
If one is reciting the fatiha and says “ihdeena” adding a “ya” [s. for elongation], does this invalidate his prayer?
Answer:
السؤال : شخص يقرأ الفاتحة في الصلاة فيقول ( اهدينا ) بالياء فهل تبطل صلاته ؟ الجواب : لا تبطل صلاتُه بذلك كما صرح به العلامة الشرقاوي في “حاشيته على شرح التحرير” (1/186) قال :” لأنه لا يغير المعنى “. اهـ لكن يجب على هذا الشخص تعلم الصحيح والقراءة به وإلا كان آثماً .
Her prayer is not invalidated by this, as the erudite scholar, Imam al-Sharqawi, said in his Hashiyat on the Sharh al-Tahrir, (1/186), “because it does not change the meaning.” However, it is obligatory for this person to learn the correct way of reciting it, for he is a sinner if he does not.
Amjad Rasheed
[Translated by Sr. Shazia Ahmad]