Those who disliked it

Mujahid said: I accompanied Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) on journeys and at home, and I never saw him lie down after praying the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr.

Al-Hasan bin Ubaydullah said: Ibrahim considered it disliked to lie down after the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a man lying down after the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr and said: Pelt him with pebbles! (Or he said:) Why did you not pelt him with pebbles?

Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) said: What is the matter with a man who, after praying the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr, rolls on the ground like an animal or a donkey? Once he has given the salam, the voluntary prayer has been separated from the obligatory.

Abu Mijlaz said: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about lying on the right side after praying the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr. He said: Satan is toying with you and making you do this.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: Do not lie down after praying the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr; rather, lie down after praying witr.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: Why do you throw yourselves on the ground after praying the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr? Giving the salam is sufficient.

Ibrahim said: This lying down is from Satan.

Al-Hasan did not like lying down after praying the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr.

Abu al-Siddiq al-Naji said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saw some people who lay down after praying the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr. He sent a man to forbid them from it, and they said: We only wish to act upon the Sunnah. Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said (to the messenger): Go back to them and tell them that it is an innovation (bid'ah).

Al-Aswad bin Yazid, after praying the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr, used to sit in the ihtiba' posture (with his knees drawn up and wrapped).

Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Where has this rolling about on the ground like a donkey after praying the two sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr come from?"