مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الصلاة
The Book of Prayer
(قِرَاءَةُ سَيِّدِنَا عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ سُورَتَيْ يُوسُفَ وَالحَجِّ فِي كِلْتَا رَكْعَتَيْ الفَجْرِ)
(Our master ʿUmar رضي الله عنه reciting Sūrat Yūsuf and Sūrat al-Ḥajj in both rakʿahs of Fajr)
Hadith 865
وَعَنْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ: صلينَا وَرَاء عمر ابْن الْخطاب الصُّبْح فَقَرَأَ فيهمَا بِسُورَةِ يُوسُفَ وَسُورَةِ الْحَجِّ قِرَاءَةً بَطِيئَةً قِيلَ لَهُ: إِذًا لَقَدْ كَانَ يَقُومُ حِينَ يَطْلُعُ الْفجْر قَالَ: أجل. رَوَاهُ مَالك
‘Amir b. Rabi'a said that they prayed the morning prayer behind ‘Umar b. al-Khattab and that he recited slowly in both rak'as Sura Yusuf and Sura al-Hajj (Al-Qur’an; 22). When someone remarked that he must have begun the prayer at break of day he replied that that was so. Malik transmitted it.
