The Sunnah of Fajr: Two Light Rakสฟahs Before Dawn
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Fajr very lightly and quickly.
๐น Authentic Hadith References
Sahih al-Bukhari:
โฤโishah (RA) said: The Prophet ๏ทบ used to pray two light rakสฟahs between the call to prayer and the iqฤmah of Fajr.
(Riyad as-Salihin 1104)
Sahih Muslim
โฤโishah (RA) said: The Prophet ๏ทบ used to make the two rakสฟahs before the Fajr prayer so light that I would say: Did he even recite al-Fฤtiแธฅah?
(Riyad as-Salihin 1104)
๐น Understanding
Sunnah of Fajr = 2 rakสฟah before the obligatory Fajr.
Rasลซlullฤh ๏ทบ prayed them short and light.
But he never abandoned them, and he emphasized their importance, saying:
"The two rakสฟahs before Fajr are better than this world and all it contains."
(Riyad as-Salihin 1102)
โ Authenticity: 3 narrations are Sahih (authentic) in al-Bukhari and Muslim.