The reward for remaining in the prayer place after the Fajr prayer until sunrise

Question : May Allah bless you and your knowledge, and benefit Islam and the Muslims through you. Honorable Shaykh! A questioner says: What is meant by sitting in the prayer place in the hadith that mentions the virtue of in his prayer place? Does tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah) count as part of that, and what is the criterion for this?

Answer : First, may Allah bless you. This hadith, which states that whoever prays the Fajr prayer in congregation and sits in his prayer place remembering Allah until the sun rises, then prays two rak'ahs, has a defect in its chain of narration. That is, some scholars of knowledge have graded it as weak and said it is not authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And assuming it is authentic, the meaning of "sat in his prayer place" is in the place where he prayed; this is the apparent meaning. Because "musalla" (prayer place) is a name for a location. And a name for a location indicates the specific place where he prayed. However, what appears to be the case, and Allah knows best, is that if a person moves to another place in the same mosque to attend a circle of knowledge, Quran study, or something similar, he does not miss the reward by doing so, provided he remains until the sun rises and prays two rak'ahs. The basis for remaining in the prayer place until the sun rises, without mentioning this specific reward, is established in Sahih Muslim, where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) but it does not mention the prayer or the reward.