What is the number of obligatory rak'ahs performed before the Fajr prayer between the adhan and the iqamah, and are they the Sunnah of Fajr or the greeting of the mosque if the number is two?
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The questioner : He asks, O honorable Shaykh, about the number of rak'ahs that must be performed before the Fajr prayer, between the Fajr adhan and the iqamah? And are they the Sunnah of Fajr or the greeting of the mosque if the number is two?
The Shaykh : I have a note on this question, which is his saying: "the rak'ahs that must be performed."
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That they be before the Fajr prayer. There are no obligatory rak'ahs before the Fajr prayer, because what comes before the Fajr prayer is a regular Sunnah, but this regular Sunnah is the best of the regular Sunnahs, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Jami` at-Tirmidhi 416Sahih (Darussalam) It is the Sunnah that a person not pray between the Fajr adhan and the Fajr prayer except these two rak'ahs. It is also the Sunnah to make these two rak'ahs brief, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to make them brief. It is also the Sunnah to recite in the first rak'ah and in the second rak'ah [Al-Ikhlas 112:1] after al-Fatihah, or to recite in the first rak'ah: [Al-Baqarah 2:136] to the end of the verse in al-Baqarah, and in the second rak'ah: [Ali 'Imran 3:64] One does not pray anything else except if he comes to the mosque before the iqamah; then he does not sit until he prays two rak'ahs, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih al-Bukhari 1167 But if it happens that he did not pray the regular Sunnah at home, and then he arrives at the mosque before the iqamah, what does he do? Does he pray two rak'ahs as the greeting of the mosque and then pray two rak'ahs as the regular Sunnah of Fajr, or does he limit himself to two rak'ahs as the Sunnah of the mosque, or to two rak'ahs as the regular Sunnah of Fajr? We say: He prays two rak'ahs with the intention of the regular Sunnah of Fajr, and they suffice for the greeting of the mosque. If he wishes and has time, he prays two rak'ahs as the greeting of the mosque and then prays two rak'ahs as the Sunnah of Fajr. As for if he prays two rak'ahs as the greeting of the mosque and does not pray the Sunnah of Fajr, this is an error, because the Sunnah of Fajr is emphasized, to the extent that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not leave it, whether traveling or resident. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. In a question from the listener Fawwaz from Jeddah, he says.
The Shaykh : I have a note on this question, which is his saying: "the rak'ahs that must be performed."
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That they be before the Fajr prayer. There are no obligatory rak'ahs before the Fajr prayer, because what comes before the Fajr prayer is a regular Sunnah, but this regular Sunnah is the best of the regular Sunnahs, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
The two Rak'ah of Fajr are better than the world and what is in it.
ركعتا الفجر خير من الدنيا وما فيهاSay: O you disbelievers!
قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَSay, "He is Allah, [who is] One,
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌSay, [O believers], "We have believed in Allah and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants
قُولُوا ءامَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالأَسْبَاطِSay, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you - that we will not worship except Allah and not associate anything with Him and not take one another as lords instead of Allah." But if they turn away, then say, "Bear witness that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]."
قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَى كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ أَلَّا نَعْبُدَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ وَلا نُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَلا يَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا أَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُولُوا اشْهَدُوا بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَIf anyone of you enters a Mosque, he should not sit until he has offered a tworak` at prayer.
إذا دخل أحدكم المسجد فلا يجلس حتى يصلي ركعتينThe questioner : May Allah reward you. In a question from the listener Fawwaz from Jeddah, he says.