Is My Salah Okay?

Assalamu alaikum, everyone. I joined the congregation a bit late for Dhuhr prayer, and during the first rak‘ah, just as I said Allahu Akbar and then started with ‘A‘udhu billahi minash-shaytanir-rajeem’, the imam went into ruku‘ before I could even begin reciting Surah Al-Fatihah. Is my prayer still valid? Jazakum Allahu khairan.

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brother1h

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Don't stress, brother. The majority opinion is that catching the imam in ruku' suffices. But I'd still pray an extra rak'ah out of caution. Sabr.

brother24m

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Akhi, for the latecomer, as long as you caught the ruku' with the imam, that rak'ah is valid, even without Fatihah. The Prophet ﷺ excused the one joining. Ask a scholar to be sure.

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