صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرهاThe Book of Prayer - Travellers
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ رَكْعَتَيْ سُنَّةِ الْفَجْرِ وَالْحَثِّ عَلَيْهِمَا وَتَخْفِيفِهِمَا وَالْمُحَافَظَةِ عَلَيْهِمَا وَبَيَانِ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ يُقْرَأَ فِيهِمَا:Chapter: It is recommended to pray two rak`ah for the sunnah of Fajr. And encouragement to pray them regularly, and to make them brief, and to persist in offering them, and clarifying what is recommended to recite therein
Hadith 725
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْغُبَرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ ، خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا " .
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger as saying: The two rak'ahs at dawn are better than this world and what it contains.
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وحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أَبِي : حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، " أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي شَأْنِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ ، عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ لَهُمَا : أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا جَمِيعًا " .
'A'isha reported that the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said about the two (supererogatory) rak'ahs of the dawn: They are dearer to me than the whole world.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: From this, it is understood that the observance and regularity of the two rak‘ahs of Sunnah before Fajr in the Hereafter is such a cause of reward that it is more valuable and beneficial than the world and all that is in it. This is because everything in the world and whatever it contains is temporary and perishable, whereas the reward of the Hereafter is everlasting and imperishable.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 1688
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
1760. Commentary: The world is perishable and the reward of the Hereafter is everlasting; therefore, there is no comparison between them. That is, the reward for the two Sunnah (supererogatory) units of the Fajr prayer is better than being given the entire world. Therefore, they should not be omitted even during travel.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 1760
