Some of the names of Surat ul Fatiha

1⃣ al-Faatihat-ul-Kitaab: meaning: ❝the opening chapter of the Book❞ and it is the first Surah of the Qur’aan.

2⃣ Al-Sab al-Mathaanee: meaning: ❝the seven repeatedly recited Aayaat.❞ [Surah al-Hijr (15): 87] As it is recited repeatedly in every Rakah (unit) of the Salaah.

3⃣ Umm al-Qur’aan and Umm al-Kitaab: meaning: ❝Mother of the Qur’aan❞ and ❝Mother of the Book.❞ "Umm al-Shayy" (mother of a thing) means: The foundation or the origin of a thing to which it returns. [Example: the proverb in English: "Necessity is the mother of invention"]. The whole of the Qur’aan, in its meaning, returns to what is implied in this Surah.

4⃣ Al-Salaah: meaning: ❝the Prayer.❞ As has been mentioned in the Hadeeth Qudsee that Allaah تعالى said: ❝ {I have divided the Salaah into two halves between Me and My slave}❞ [Saheeh Muslim]. The Salaah here meaning Surah al-Faatihah.

5⃣ Al-Kaafiyah: meaning: ❝The sufficient.❞

6⃣ Al-Ruqyah: meaning: ❝Incantation❞ (treatment for poison and evil eye etc.). In the narration in which it is mentioned that the chief of a tribe was stung by a scorpion and the Companion treated him by reciting Surah al-Faatihah and took sheep as payment for doing the Ruqyah. When the Prophet ﷺ was informed about it, he ﷺ said: ❝How did he come to know that it (Al-Faatihah) is Ruqyah (i.e. could be used for treatment)?❞ [Saheehain]

🎓 Abridged from the Sharh by Shaikh al-Fawzaan of the book: بعض فوائد سورة الفاتحة