The religious scholars of Saudi Arabia all follow the Madh'hab of Imaam Ahmed (A.R). He was a student of Imaam Abu Yusuf (A.R) and Imaam Shaafi'ee (A.R), while Imaam Bukhari and Imaam Muslim (A.R) were amongst his students.
He stated that the hadith "There is no salaah for the one who does not recite Faatihatul Kitaab i.e. Surah Faatiha", refers to the salaah of a person performing salaah by himself. It does not apply to the Muqtadi (person following the Imaam). [Tirmidhi Vol.1 Pg.42]
This makes it clear that Imaam Ahmed (A.R) gave no regard to the additional words of some narrations of the same hadith, which constrain one to apply the hadith to the Muqtadi as well. This is particularly so because people like Muhammed bin Is'haaq and Naafi bin Mahmood are amongst the transmitters of such narrations.
Both, Hadhrat Imaam Abu Haneefa (A.R) and Imaam Ahmed (A.R) approved of the meaning behind the hadith: "My Sahaaba (RA) are like guiding stars". Therefore, they both regarded the words of the Sahaaba (RA) to be a viable source of law. They both also gave priority to "weak" Ahadeeth over their personal analogy (Qiyaas), and they were both of the opinion that it is not necessary to recite Surah Faatiha when one if following an Imaam in salaah.
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