Benefits of the Hadith: (… Aisha said: “I never saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) hasten to any of the voluntary prayers more than to the two rak'ahs before [Fajr]”)

The Shaykh : This is also evidence of the virtue of these two rak'ahs, and that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) used to care for them and attend to them. As for her statement (may Allah be pleased with her) , does it mean the voluntary prayers attached to the obligatory ones, or voluntary prayers in general? Both are possible. It is possible that it refers to the voluntary prayers, meaning the rawatib attached to the obligatory ones, as evidenced by her mentioning the Fajr prayer. It is also possible that it refers to voluntary prayers in general. On this view, the two rak'ahs of Fajr are better than the witr, because the general term includes the witr. This is a matter of consideration, and for this reason the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed on whether the witr is better than the two rak'ahs of Fajr or not. Some of them took the general term and said that the rawatib of Fajr is better than the voluntary prayers, citing as evidence that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged it and said that it is better than the world and all that is in it, and this was not said regarding the witr. If someone asks: Are they prayed during travel? The answer is:
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes, because it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) that he did not leave them, whether resident or traveling. Yes.