horses pursue you." Recorded by Abu Dawud (14). It is recommended to perform them briefly, for 'A'isha said: "The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to pray the two rak'ahs of Fajr and perform them lightly, such that I would say: Did he recite the Opening of the Book (Umm al-Kitab) in them?" Agreed upon (15). It is recommended to recite in them "Say, O disbelievers" [Qul ya ayyuha al-kafirun] and "Say, He is Allah, [who is] One" [Qul huwallahu ahad], based on what Abu Hurayra narrated, that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) recited in the two rak'ahs of Fajr "Say, O disbelievers" and "Say, He is Allah, [who is] One." Recorded by Muslim (16). Ibn 'Umar said: "I observed the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) for a month, and he used to recite in the two rak'ahs before Fajr 'Say, O disbelievers' and 'Say, He is Allah, [who is] One'" (17). Al-Tirmidhi said: "This is a Hasan (good) hadith." From Ibn 'Abbas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to recite in the two rak'ahs of
(14) In: The chapter on performing them briefly, from the Book of Voluntary Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/289. It was also recorded by Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/405. (15) Recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The chapter on what is to be recited in the two rak'ahs of Fajr, from the Book of Tahajjud. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/72. And Muslim, in: The chapter on the recommendation of the two rak'ahs of the Sunnah of Fajr... etc., from the Book of the Traveler's Prayer. Sahih Muslim 1/500, 501. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The chapter on performing them briefly, from the Book of Voluntary Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/289. Al-Nasa'i, in: The chapter on performing the two rak'ahs of Fajr briefly, from the Book of Opening the Prayer, and in: The chapter on lying down after the two rak'ahs of Fajr on the right side, and the chapter on the time of the two rak'ahs of Fajr and mentioning the difference of opinion regarding Nafi', from the Book of Night Prayer. Al-Mujtaba 2/120, 3/210, 214. Imam Malik, in: The chapter on what has been narrated regarding the two rak'ahs of Fajr, from the Book of Night Prayer. Al-Muwatta 1/127. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 6/165, 183, 186, 204, 235, 285. (16) In: The chapter on the recommendation of the two rak'ahs of the Sunnah of Fajr... etc., from the Book of the Traveler's Prayer. Sahih Muslim 1/502. It was also recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The chapter on what is to be recited in the two rak'ahs of Fajr, from the Book of Tahajjud. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/72. Abu Dawud, in: The chapter on performing them briefly, from the Book of Voluntary Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/289. Al-Nasa'i, in: The chapter on recitation in the two rak'ahs of Fajr, from the Book of Opening the Prayer. Al-Mujtaba 2/120. And Ibn Majah, in: The chapter on what has been narrated regarding what is to be recited in the two rak'ahs before Fajr, from the Book of Establishing the Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/363. (17) Recorded by al-Tirmidhi, in: The chapter on what has been narrated regarding performing the two rak'ahs of Fajr briefly, and what the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to recite in them, from the chapters on prayer. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/210. Al-Nasa'i, in: The chapter on recitation in the two rak'ahs after Maghrib, from the Book of Opening the Prayer. Al-Mujtaba 2/132. Ibn Majah, in: The chapter on what has been narrated regarding what is to be recited in the two rak'ahs before Fajr, from the Book of Establishing the Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/363. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/94, 95, 99.
