الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب الأذ كار الواردة عقب الصلاةChapters on the Remembrances after Prayer
بَابُ تَخْفِيفِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ وَمَا يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا
Chapter on Shortening the Two Units Before Fajr and What to Recite in Them
Hadith 2097
عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ ابْنَةِ عُمَرَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَرَضِيَ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ قَبْلَ الصُّبْحِ فِي بَيْتِي يُخَفِّفُهُمَا جِدًّا، قَالَ نَافِعٌ: وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يُخَفِّفُهُمَا كَذَلِكَ
It is narrated from the wife of the Messenger, Sayyidah Hafsah bint Umar (may Allah be pleased with her), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) used to perform the two rak‘ahs before the Fajr prayer in my house, and he would offer them with great brevity.
Hadith 2098
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ إِذَا سَكَتَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ تَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says that when the muezzin would become silent after the Fajr adhan, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would offer two light rak‘ahs.
Hadith 2099
وَعَنْهَا أَيْضًا قَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْغَدَاةِ فَيُخَفِّفُهُمَا، حَتَّى إِنِّي لَا أَشُكُّ أَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ أَمْ لَا
It is also narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform two rak'ahs before the Fajr prayer, and he would make them so brief that I would begin to doubt whether he had recited Surah Al-Fatihah or not.
Hadith 2100
وَعَنْهَا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ قِيَامُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ قَدْرَ مَا يَقْرَأُ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ
It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the standing (qiyam) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) in the Sunnah prayers of Fajr was equal to the recitation of Surah Al-Fatiha.
Hadith 2101
عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ بِـ{قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ} وَ{قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} (وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ:) وَكَانَ يُسِرُّ بِهِمَا
It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite Surah Al-Kafiroon and Surah Al-Ikhlas in a low voice during the two Sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr.
Hadith 2102
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ: ((نِعْمَ السُّورَتَانِ هُمَا يُقْرَأُ بِهِمَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ، {قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ} وَ{قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ}))
It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best surahs are those which are recited in the Sunnah prayers before the Fajr prayer, that is, Surah Al-Kafiroon and Surah Al-Ikhlas.
Hadith 2103
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: رَمَقْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ {قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ} وَ{قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ}
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I observed carefully that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite Surah Al-Kafiroon and Surah Al-Ikhlas in the two rak'ahs before the Fajr prayer.
