Concerning One Who Prays The Two (Sunnah) Rak'ahs Of Fajr While The Imām Is Leading The Prayer
Darussalam · Volume 1
10. The Book OfLeading The Prayer(Al-Imâmah)Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 868 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 117
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869. It was narrated that 'Abdullāh bin Sarjis said: "A man came while the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was praying Subh, and he prayed two Rak'ahs then joined the prayer. When the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had finished praying he said: 'O so-and-so, which of them is your prayer – the one you prayed with us or the one you prayed on your own?'" (Sahīh)
868 - أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَرْجِسَ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ فَرَكَعَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَاتَهُ، قَالَ: «يَا فُلَانُ أَيُّهُمَا صَلَاتُكَ الَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ مَعَنَا أَوِ الَّتِي صَلَّيْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ؟»
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The gist of the Hadīth is also the same that the Sunnah prayer should not be performed during the dawn prayer. Although according to the Hanafis it may be offered outside of the mosque. This was the way of action of the predecessors. Those who came afterward permitted its performance even inside of the mosque in the rear rows where the congregation is held; but there is clarification in a narration of Sahīh Muslim to the effect that the person alluded to in Hadīth 868 had performed the prayer on one side of the mosque. (Sahīh Muslim: 712), and Allāh's Messenger ﷺ stopped him thereupon. In the presence of such an explicit narration, to permit performance of the Sunnah prayer when the congregation is being conducted is surely a bold step.