And prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions: He said, may Allah have mercy on him: "Chapter on the Virtue of the Fajr and 'Asr Prayers"

The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions:
He said, may Allah have mercy on him: "Chapter on the Virtue of the Fajr and 'Asr Prayers:
It was narrated from Abu Musa, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

He who observed two prayers at two cool (hours) would enter Paradise.

من صلى البردين دخل الجنة

Sahih Muslim 635a

Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
And it was narrated from 'Ammarah ibn Ruybah, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:

He who observes prayer before the rising of the sun and its setting, i.e. the dawn prayer and the afternoon prayer, would not enter the (Hell) fire.

لن يلج النار أحدٌ صلى قبل طلوع الشمس وقبل غروبها

Sahih Muslim 634a

Meaning the Fajr and 'Asr prayers, narrated by Muslim.
And it was narrated from Jundub ibn Sufyan, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

He who offers the dawn (Fajr) prayers will come under the Protection of Allah. O son of Adam! Beware, lest Allah should call you to account in any respect from (for withdrawing) His Protection.

من صلى الصبح فهو في ذمة الله ، فانظر يا ابن آدم لا يطلبنك الله من ذمته بشيء

Riyad as-Salihin 1049

Narrated by Muslim ".

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
The author al-Nawawi, may Allah have mercy on him, said in his book *Riyad al-Salihin*: "Chapter on the Virtue of the Fajr Prayer and the 'Asr Prayer":
These two prayers are distinguished by a virtue that is not found in the others. As for the Fajr prayer: Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: : It is witnessed by Allah and His angels, and this is a great virtue. It is also distinguished by being separated from the five prayers, standing alone in its time. Between it and the 'Isha' prayer is the latter half of the night, and between it and the Zuhr prayer is the first half of the day. This is because the time for the 'Isha' prayer ends at the middle of the night and does not extend to the dawn. When the night is half over, the time for the 'Isha' prayer has passed, and this remaining half until the dawn is not a time for an obligatory prayer, but it is the time for tahajjud for those whom Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has guided. As for the time from the rising of the sun to its zenith, it is also not a time for an obligatory prayer, but rather a time for a general prayer, such as the Duha prayer and the like. Thus, the Fajr prayer is distinguished by being witnessed and by standing alone in its time, with nothing before it connected to it and nothing after it connected to it.
As for the 'Asr prayer, it is distinguished by being the middle prayer. The middle prayer, according to the explicit hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), is the 'Asr prayer. It is also distinguished by the fact that Allah, the Exalted, highlighted its virtue and honor by singling it out for mention after generalizing, saying: : This is general. : Meaning the 'Asr prayer. So He singled it out for mention because of its virtue.
There are virtues and distinctions shared by the Fajr and 'Asr prayers, among which are:
What the author, may Allah have mercy on him, indicated in this chapter: The first is: : The two cool prayers are the Fajr and 'Asr prayers. This is because the Fajr comes in the coolness of the night, the coolest part of the night at its end. And the 'Asr comes in the coolness of the day, the coolest part of the day at its end. Therefore, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) also informed: : Meaning the Fajr and 'Asr prayers.
So in the first, the affirmation of entering Paradise is established, and in the second, the negation of entering the Fire is established. This is like His saying, the Exalted: . We ask Allah, the Exalted, to make us and you among those who are consistent in the prayers and the middle prayer, and to protect us from the Fire and admit us into Paradise. Indeed, He is capable of all things.