English translation
584. It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that Ḥafṣah said: "When the dawn appears, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would only pray two short Rak'ahs." (Sahīh)
Hadith 584
Prayer After The Appearance of Dawn
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Darussalam · Volume 1
6. The Book Of The Times (Of Prayer)Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 583 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 283
Al-Albani source references (1)
- صحيح سنن النسائي (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 568 · Volume 1 · Page 126
Sahih
(صحيح) - ابن ماجة ١١٤٥: ق.
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Arabic text
583 - أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ نَافِعًا يُحَدِّثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ حَفْصَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ لَا يُصَلِّي إِلَّا رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ»
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Commentary
This prayer is the two-Rak'ahs Sunnah before the dawn prayer (Fajr). They are strongly emphasized (Mu'akkadah); the Prophet ﷺ would always perform them, whether he was at home or was travelling. Once when he had missed the dawn prayer, he prayed when the sun rose, and he did not omit the two-Rak'ah Sunnah. He performed it first, and then he offered the obligatory dawn prayer. (Sahih Muslim 681).