If the sun has risen and I have not yet prayed the Fajr prayer, do I start with the sunnah or with the obligatory prayer?

Question:
He asks and says: If the sun has risen and I have not yet prayed the Fajr prayer, do I start with the sunnah or with the obligatory prayer?

Answer:
You start with the sunnah, even if it is after the time has passed. You start with the rawatib (the regular voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones), then you pray the obligatory prayer afterwards. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions once slept through the Fajr prayer while traveling and did not wake up until the heat of the sun touched them, because they had stayed up walking at night and were tired, so sleep weighed heavily on them in the last part of the night. They did not wake up for the Fajr prayer until its time had passed. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered them to move from the valley where they had slept to another place, then they prayed the rawatib of Fajr. Then he ordered the mu'adhdhin (the one who calls to prayer) to give the iqamah (the second call, immediately before prayer), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led them in the Fajr prayer.
It must be noted that it is not permissible to be lax in delaying the Fajr prayer past its time intentionally, or for a person to make it a habit to sleep through the Fajr prayer and not pray it until he wakes up. If a person makes this his habit, or is lax in it, it is not permissible for him, it is not lawful for him, and this is not an excuse for him before Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). This ruling applies only to the one who intended to wake up and pray with the congregation in the time, but sleep overcame him. He is the one who is excused, because he intended and meant to get up, intending and aiming to do so, but sleep overcame him without his choice, and it was not a habit for him. So he is excused. Yes.