١٩٧ - باب تخفيف ركعتي الفجر وبيان ما يقرأ فيهما وبيان وقتهما

On the authority of ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her): that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray two light rakʿahs between the call to prayer and the iqāmah of the dawn prayer. Agreed upon (al-Bukhārī and Muslim). In a version reported by both of them: He would pray the two rakʿahs of Fajr and make them so light that I would say, "Did he recite the Mother of the Qurʾān (al-Fātiḥah) in them?" In a version by Muslim: He used to pray the two rakʿahs of Fajr when he heard the adhān, and would make them light. And in a version: when the dawn broke.

On the authority of Ḥafṣah (may Allah be pleased with her): that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), when the muʾadhdhin called the adhān for the dawn prayer and the dawn had appeared, would pray two light rakʿahs. Agreed upon (al-Bukhārī and Muslim). In a version by Muslim: When the dawn broke, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would pray nothing but two light rakʿahs.

On the authority of Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray during the night in pairs of two, and would perform witr with a single rakʿah at the end of the night, and would pray the two rakʿahs before the dawn prayer as though the call to prayer were still in his ears. Agreed upon (al-Bukhārī and Muslim).

On the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with them both): that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in the two rakʿahs of Fajr — in the first of them: ﴿Say: We believe in Allah and in what has been sent down to us﴾ [al-Baqarah: 136], the verse that is in al-Baqarah; and in the latter of the two: ﴿We believe in Allah, so bear witness that we are Muslims﴾ [Āl ʿImrān: 52]. In a version: and in the latter, the verse that is in Āl ʿImrān: ﴿Come to a word common between us and you﴾ [Āl ʿImrān: 64]. Narrated by Muslim.

On the authority of Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited in the two rakʿahs of Fajr: ﴿Say: O you disbelievers﴾ and ﴿Say: He is Allah, the One﴾. Narrated by Muslim.

On the authority of Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: I observed the Prophet (ﷺ) closely for a month, and he used to recite in the two rakʿahs before Fajr: ﴿Say: O you disbelievers﴾ and ﴿Say: He is Allah, the One﴾. Narrated by al-Tirmidhī, who said: "A good (ḥasan) hadith."