Ata reported it on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) who said: Recitation (of Surat al-Fatiha) in every (rakah) of prayer in essential. (The recitation) that we listened to from the Apostle of Allah ﷺ we made you listen to it. And that which he recited inwardly to us, we recited it inwardly for you. And he who recites Umm al-Quran, it is enough for him (to complete the prayer), and he who adds to it (recites some other verses of the Holy Quran along with Surat al-Fatiha), it is preferable for him.