Those who used to pray Fajr in the early darkness

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Muslim women used to perform the Fajr prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then they would return to their homes, and it would be so dark that no one could recognise them.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray Fajr, then the wives of the Muslims would come out of the mosque wrapped in their sheets, and because of the darkness no one could recognise them.

Al-Muhajir said: I saw the letter that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him), in which he mentioned the times of the prayers. When it came to the Fajr prayer, it was written: "Pray it in the darkness, and make the recitation long."

Amr bin Maymun al-Awdi said: I used to pray Fajr behind Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). At that time it was so dark that even if my son were three cubits away from me, I could not recognise him without hearing his voice.

Mansur bin Hayyan said: Umar bin Abd al-Aziz wrote to Abd al-Hamid: "Pray Fajr in the darkness."

Abu Salman said: I served a troop of riders in the time of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him); they used to pray Fajr in the darkness.

Shihab said: Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray Fajr in the darkness.

Amr bin Dinar said that he prayed with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him); he used to pray Fajr in such darkness that after finishing the prayer we could not recognise one another.

Iyas al-Hanafi said: We used to pray Fajr with Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and when we finished the prayer it was so dark that we could not recognise one another's faces.