If a person wakes up five minutes before the sunrise, does he begin with the Fajr prayer or with the Sunnah of Fajr and then the obligatory prayer?

The questioner : The questioner says: O honorable Shaykh, if a person wakes up, for example, five minutes before the sunrise, does he begin with the Fajr prayer or with the Sunnah of Fajr and then the obligatory prayer? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : He begins with the Sunnah and then the obligatory prayer. This is because when a person wakes up, his waking is equivalent to the entry of the time, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family): meaning, or when he wakes up. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) made the time of prayer the time of waking up or the time of remembrance after forgetting. Therefore, he prays the rawatib first, then he prays the obligatory prayer, just as he used to do every day. That is, he prioritizes the voluntary prayer over the obligatory prayer.

The questioner : May Allah bless you.