Those who said they are kept short

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to keep the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr short.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: After dawn broke, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would pray two short rak'ahs.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The standing of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the sunnah of Fajr was about the length of Surah al-Fatihah.

Silah said: I came to Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) at his house; then we went to the mosque, and he prayed two light rak'ahs, then the congregation stood for prayer.

Hisham said: Al-Hasan and Muhammad (bin Sirin) used to pray only two light rak'ahs after dawn had broken.

Abdullah bin Abi Labid reported that Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: The two rak'ahs before Fajr used to be kept light.

Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray two light rak'ahs after dawn had broken.

Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray two light rak'ahs after dawn had broken.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray the two rak'ahs before the Fajr prayer so lightly that I would say (to myself): Did he even recite Surah al-Fatihah in them?

Ja'far bin Muhammad reported that his father said: Whenever I saw my father pray the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr, he prayed them hurriedly, as though he were rushing to some urgent need.