Lengthening the Sunnah prayer before Fajr
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some of the people who pray lengthen the Sunnah prayer before Fajr and make it like the night prayer.
Answer:
This is not appropriate. This is contrary to the Sunnah. This is contrary to the Sunnah. The regular voluntary prayer (rawatib) for Fajr is to be shortened, provided that one does not neglect the prayer; that is, it is to be shortened while still being completed. As for lengthening it, that is contrary to the Sunnah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some of the people who pray lengthen the Sunnah prayer before Fajr and make it like the night prayer.
Answer:
This is not appropriate. This is contrary to the Sunnah. This is contrary to the Sunnah. The regular voluntary prayer (rawatib) for Fajr is to be shortened, provided that one does not neglect the prayer; that is, it is to be shortened while still being completed. As for lengthening it, that is contrary to the Sunnah. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب صلاة التطوع — islamhouse.com (57:55)
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