224 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished reciting the Mother of the Qur’an (al-Fātiḥah), he would raise his voice and say, ‘Āmīn.’” Narrated by al-Dāraqutnī, who graded it ḥasan, and by al-Ḥākim, who declared it authentic. (1)

Status of the ḥadith:
The report is ḥasan (sound). In at-Talkhīṣ, al-Dāraqutnī said, “Its chain is ḥasan.” Al-Ḥākim ruled it “authentic according to the criteria of the Two Shaykhs,” and al-Bayhaqī judged it “sound and authentic.”

Vocabulary:
– Āmīn: Al-Qurṭubī stated that, according to most scholars, it means “O Allah, answer us,” and it functions as a supplication. Al-Zamakhsharī explained that “‘Āmīn’ is a voice that serves as the verb ‘Respond!’”
There are two pronunciations: with elongation (on the pattern fāʿīl) and with shortening (on the pattern yamīn).
Al-Jawharī said that pronouncing the mīm with tashdīd is an error.
Ibn Juzayy noted: “‘Āmīn’ is a verbal noun meaning ‘O Allah, respond!’ It is therefore a command to say ‘Āmīn’ at the conclusion of al-Fātiḥah, corresponding to the supplication contained within it.”
Al-Nawawī observed: the mīm is light (without tashdīd) in both places, and the word is built on fatḥ like ayna and kayfa, because two silent letters meet.
Al-ʿAynī added: taʾmīn follows the pattern tafcīl, from ammana yuʾamminu (to say “Āmīn”). In all narrations and among all Qur’an reciters it is pronounced with elongation and without tashdīd; as for the lengthened form—