The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever performs a prayer in which he does not recite the Mother of the Quran, his prayer is deficient, deficient, incomplete."I said, "Abu Hurayrah, sometimes I am behind the imam."He replied, "Son of al-Farisi, recite it to yourself, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Allah the Exalted has said, "I have divided the prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves, half of it is for Me and half is for My servant, and My servant shall have what he asks for."When the servant says, "All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds" [Fatihah 1:2], Allah says, "My servant has praised Me."When he says, "The Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful" [Fatihah 1:3], Allah says, "My servant has extolled Me."When he says, "Master of the Day of Judgment" [Fatihah 1:4], He says, "My servant has glorified Me, and this is for Me, and between Me and My servant is, 'You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help' [Fatihah 1:5]."The remainder of the surah is for My servant, and My servant shall have what he asks for. He says, "Guide us to the straight path, the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have earned Your anger nor of those who have gone astray" [Fatihah 1:6–7].'"
حدثنا قتيبة حدثنا عبد العزيز بن محمد عن العلاء بن عبد الرحمن عن أبيه
أن رسول الله ﷺ قال من صلى صلاة لم يقرأ فيها بأم القرآن فهي خداج هي خداج غير تمام قال قلت يا أبا هريرة إني أحيانا أكون وراء الإمام قال يا ابن الفارسي فاقرأها في نفسك فإني سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول قال الله تعالى قسمت الصلاة بيني وبين عبدي نصفين فنصفها لي ونصفها لعبدي ولعبدي ما سأل يقرأ العبد فيقول {الحمد لله رب العالمين} فيقول الله تبارك وتعالى حمدني عبدي فيقول {الرحمن الرحيم} فيقول الله أثنى علي عبدي فيقول {مالك يوم الدين} فيقول مجدني عبدي وهذا لي وبيني وبين عبدي {إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين} وآخر السورة لعبدي ولعبدي ما سأل يقول {اهدنا الصراط المستقيم صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالين}
Muslim also narrated it, in the Book of Prayer, chapter "The Obligation of Reciting Fatihah in Every Rakat," etc., hadith no. 395, from the hadith of Ala, with the same chain.