Fathwa, - Should Isti‘aathah be repeated in each Rak‘ah?

Question
What are the reported supplications that should be recited after the
opening Takbeer? Shouldone recite the Isti'aathah and Basmalah before
the recitation of Al-Faatihah? Should they be repeated in the second
Rak'ah as well?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad
isHis slave and Messenger.
It is prescribed for the worshipper to recite the opening
supplication, make Isti'aathah saying: "A'oothu Billaahi min
Ash-Shaytaan Ar-Rajeem" (i.e. I seek refuge in Allaah from The
Accursed Satan), and Basmalah, saying: "Bismillaah Ar-Rahmaan
Ar-Raheem" (i.e. In the Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Ever
Merciful) after reciting Takbeerat Al-Ihraam (i.e. opening Takbeerah).
As for the repetition of Isti'aathah and Basmalah in each Rak'ah, the
view of the majority of Muslim scholars is that they should be recited
only in the first Rak'ah.
Al-Hasan , 'Ataa' , and Ibraaheem Al-Nakha'i believed that it is
recommended to repeat the Isti'aathah and Basmalah in each Rak'ah, and
this is the opinion of the Shaafi'i school of Fiqh.
They relied on the general meaning of the verse that reads (what
means): { So when you recite the Quran, [first] seek refuge in Allaah
from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy]. } [Quran16:98]
There is no doubt that this verse indicates the permissibility of
reciting the Isti'aathah before reading the Quran in general without
restricting it to the worshipper in prayer. Moreover, there are
Hadeeths underlining that talking is forbidden during prayer. They
indicate the impermissibility of talking during prayer without making
a distinction between the Isti'aathah and any other external talk
during the prayer on which there is no evidence highlightingwhether it
is impermissible or permissible.
It is more cautious and prudent to abide merely by what was reported
in the Sunnah of the Prophet . This is to recite the Isti'aathah in
the first Rak'ah only, as was reported in the Hadeeths.
For example, Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said, " The Prophet , used to recite
this opening supplication during prayer: "A'oothu billaahi As-Samee'
Al-'aleem min Ash-Shaytaan Ar-Rajeem: min Hamzihi wa Nafkhihi,wa
Nafthihi. " (i.e. I seek refuge in Allaah The Hearing The Knowing from
Satan; his madness, arrogance and his poetry .) [Abu Daawood and
At-Tirmithi]
As for Al-Faatihah, the worshipper should recite the Basmalah each
time before reciting it. It should be recited in a low tone if the
prayer is silent (i.e. like Thuhr and 'Asr) or out loud if it is a
loud prayer (i.e. like Fajr, Maghrib and 'Ishaa'). The Prophet , often
recitedthe Basmalah in a low tone more than he recited it out loud.
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