Explanation of the author's statement: "… and hastening it is better…"
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The Shaykh :"And hastening it" means that the Fajr prayer is better performed early. The evidence for this, first in all the prayers, is the saying of Allah the Exalted: This is achieved by hastening to perform the act of obedience. This is from the Qur'an. From the Sunnah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to hasten with these prayers, except for the last 'Isha' prayer and the Zuhr prayer during intense heat, and this includes the Fajr prayer. As for the meaning, hastening is better because a person does not know what may befall him. The time may enter while he is healthy, free from illness, and possessing all the conditions for prayer, and then something may occur that prevents him from performing the prayer or from its perfection, such as illness, death, imprisonment, or something else. Therefore, the requirement of prudence is to advance in performing these prayers.
Regarding the Fajr prayer, the author says that hastening it is better, just as it is better to hasten the other prayers, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray it in the darkness, and he would leave it when a man could recognize his companion sitting next to him. He used to recite from sixty to one hundred verses. The recitation of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was measured, pausing at every verse. If he was reciting from sixty to one hundred verses, including the bowing, prostration, standing after bowing, sitting, and the tashahhud, that indicates that he was very eager to hasten with it. As for the one who holds that delaying the Fajr prayer is better and cites what is mentioned from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Jami` at-Tirmidhi 154Sahih (Darussalam) If this hadith is authentic, the intended meaning is that you should not hasten with it until it becomes clear to you, what? The breaking of dawn, meaning the light of dawn, and you should verify it. With this, we reconcile the regular practice of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), which he did not abandon, namely praying it in the darkness, with this hadith, if it is authentic.
And race toward the good deeds.
فاستبقوا الخيراتAnd hasten to forgiveness from your Lord.
وسارعوا إلى مغفرة من ربكمhasten to a forgiveness from your Lord
سابقوا إلى مغفرة من ربكمRegarding the Fajr prayer, the author says that hastening it is better, just as it is better to hasten the other prayers, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray it in the darkness, and he would leave it when a man could recognize his companion sitting next to him. He used to recite from sixty to one hundred verses. The recitation of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was measured, pausing at every verse. If he was reciting from sixty to one hundred verses, including the bowing, prostration, standing after bowing, sitting, and the tashahhud, that indicates that he was very eager to hasten with it. As for the one who holds that delaying the Fajr prayer is better and cites what is mentioned from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
