The Two Sunnah Rak‘ahs of Fajr: Right After the Fard or After Sunrise?

Question

It is narrated from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, who related from Qays ibn ‘Amr: he said that the Prophet ﷺ saw a man performing a prayer of two rak‘ahs after the obligatory (fard) morning prayer. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The morning prayer is [only] two rak‘ahs.” The man replied: “Indeed, I had not prayed the two sunnah rak‘ahs; these are precisely those first two sunnah rak‘ahs.” He performed them, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ then remained silent [without objecting].

Answer

In order to examine this issue, it is necessary to keep in view hadiths on several different points. Then it will become clear how comprehensive the Hanafi position is, and to what extent it accords with hadith. (1) In the noble hadith it is stated: “Do not abandon the two rak‘ahs before Fajr, even if the horses should trample you.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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