The two rakahs of Fajr

Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: My dear friend (that is, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)) advised me to do three things: to fast three days every month, to pray witr before sleeping, and (to pray the sunnah of) the two rak'ahs of Fajr.
(Allamah al-Haythami said:) I say: Abu Dawud recorded this narration, but he did not mention the two rak'ahs of Fajr.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: A man said: "O Messenger of Allah! Guide me to a deed through which Allah Almighty will benefit me." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hold firmly to praying the two rak'ahs (sunnah) of Fajr, for there is great merit in them."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains Muhammad bin al-Baylamani, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Do not abandon the (sunnah) prayer before the Fajr prayer, for in those two (rak'ahs) there is much to be desired." I also heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Do not disown your child, otherwise Allah Almighty will disgrace you before all of creation just as you disgraced that child in this world." I also heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Do not die while you owe a debt, for (in the Hereafter) the exchange will be in good deeds and bad deeds. There will be no dinar or dirham there; in both recompense and settlement (the exchange will be in good and bad deeds). And Allah Almighty does not wrong anyone."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains Abd al-Rahim bin Yahya, who is da'if (weak). Ahmad recorded this part of it: "Keep up the two rak'ahs of Fajr regularly, for in them there is much to be desired." The chain of this narration contains a narrator who is not named.

A man from San'a' said: I was in Makkah; we were sitting with Ata' al-Khurasani beside the wall of the mosque. We did not ask him anything, nor did he narrate any hadith to us. The narrator said: Then we went and sat with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), just as you are sitting now. We did not ask him anything either, nor did he narrate any hadith to us. Then he said: "What is the matter? Why are you not speaking? Why are you not remembering Allah Almighty? Say: 'Allahu akbar' (Allah is the Greatest), 'Alhamdulillah' (praise be to Allah) and 'Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi' (Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him). For one there will be ten, and for ten there will be a hundred. Whoever does more, Allah Almighty will give him more reward, and whoever remains silent, may Allah Almighty forgive him. Shall I not tell you about five things that I heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" We said: "Yes, indeed!" Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:) "Keep up the two rak'ahs of Fajr regularly, for in those two there is much to be desired."
Ahmad recorded it as part of a long hadith, which Abu Dawud also narrated; its chain contains a narrator who is not named.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "'Qul huwa Allahu ahad' (Say: He is Allah, the One) is equal to one third of the Qur'an, and 'Qul ya ayyuha al-kafirun' (Say: O disbelievers) is equal to one quarter of the Qur'an." (The narrator said:) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite these two surahs in the two rak'ahs (sunnah) of Fajr, and he would say: "In these two rak'ahs there is something to be desired for all time."
I say: Al-Tirmidhi recorded from this Companion the narration about reciting these two surahs in the two rak'ahs of Fajr.

Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and Abu Ya'la recorded something similar. He said: It is transmitted from Abu Muhammad, from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), whereas al-Tabarani said: It is transmitted from Mujahid, from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). The narrators of Abu Ya'la are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite Surah al-Kafirun and Surah al-Ikhlas in the two rak'ahs (sunnah) of Fajr.
Al-Bazzar recorded it.

Al-Bazzar recorded from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): In the two rak'ahs that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray after witr, he would recite Surah al-Kafirun and Surah al-Ikhlas. The narrators of both narrations are thiqat (trustworthy), although the chain of the second narration contains Utbah bin Abi Halim, who is thiqah (trustworthy), but al-Nasa'i (may Allah have mercy on him) and others declared him da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No other prayer is to be performed before (the obligatory prayer of) Fajr; only the two rak'ahs (sunnah) of Fajr are to be performed."
Al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir recorded it; its chain contains Abd al-Rahman bin Ziyad bin An'um, about whose use as evidence there is disagreement.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When true dawn breaks, then no other (voluntary) prayer is to be performed except the two rak'ahs (sunnah) of Fajr."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains Isma'il bin Qays, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had prayed the two rak'ahs (sunnah) of Fajr, he would lie down on his right side.
Ahmad and al-Tabarani in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir recorded it. Ibn Lahi'ah is not in its chain (with al-Tabarani); he is in the chain of Ahmad. The remaining narrators of this report have been declared trustworthy; although there is disagreement about Huyayy al-Ma'afiri, he too has been declared trustworthy.

Sayyidah Aishah al-Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray two rak'ahs (sunnah) before Fajr, then he would supplicate: "O Allah, Lord of Jibril and Mika'il, Lord of Israfil, Lord of Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), I seek refuge in You from Hellfire." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would go out for the prayer.
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its chain contains Ubaydullah bin Abi Humayd, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Usamah bin Umayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said that he prayed the two rak'ahs of Fajr with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); he prayed close to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed two brief rak'ahs. The narrator said: I heard him say: "O Lord of Jibril, Mika'il, Israfil and Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), I seek refuge in You from Hellfire." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said these words three times.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains Abbad bin Sa'id. Al-Dhahabi said: "Abbad bin Sa'id narrated from Mubashshir; he is worth nothing." I say: Ibn Hibban mentioned him in the book "al-Thiqat".

Abu Ubaydah bin Abdullah bin Mas'ud said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) disliked speaking after Fajr; he would only engage in the remembrance of Allah.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. The narrator Abu Ubaydah did not hear from his father, and the remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy). In another narration the words are: "It displeased him to hear anyone speaking from the breaking of true dawn until he had prayed the morning prayer."

Ata' said: Once Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) came to some people who were talking among themselves after the Fajr prayer (or after true dawn had broken). Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade them from talking and said: "You have come to pray; so either pray or remain silent!"
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir. The narrator Ata' did not hear from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and the remaining narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).