The virtue of waiting after Fajr until the sun rises
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Question:
This questioner, the mother of Walid from Dammam, says: “Your Eminence, I heard a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to the effect that: ‘Whoever prays Fajr in congregation, then sits in his place of prayer, or in the worship of Allah, until the sun rises to the height of a spear in the sky, he will have the reward of a complete Hajj and 'Umrah.’ And I, Your Eminence, am unable to estimate this time, and I ask you to clarify the amount of this time in minutes. May Allah reward you.”
Answer:
This is a hadith that is not problematic; it has come through chains that are not problematic: Whoever prays Fajr and sits in his place of prayer until the sun rises and ascends, there is in this a great virtue, then he prays two rak'ahs. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would usually sit in his place of prayer after Fajr until the sun rose well.
So if a person, a man, sits in his place of prayer, or a woman in her place of prayer, and the sun has risen, he prays two rak'ahs. This is all good and fine, and it is approximately a quarter of an hour after the sun rises. The time from the appearance of Fajr to the rising of the sun is about an hour and a half. Then, after about a quarter of an hour—meaning, about two hours minus a quarter, or two hours minus ten minutes after the appearance of Fajr—the sun will have risen. If he prays two rak'ahs in that time, there is great good in it, or more than that. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. Your Eminence, the questioner asks: Does this also apply to women?
The Shaykh: The hadith is general for both women and men; the ruling is general.
This questioner, the mother of Walid from Dammam, says: “Your Eminence, I heard a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to the effect that: ‘Whoever prays Fajr in congregation, then sits in his place of prayer, or in the worship of Allah, until the sun rises to the height of a spear in the sky, he will have the reward of a complete Hajj and 'Umrah.’ And I, Your Eminence, am unable to estimate this time, and I ask you to clarify the amount of this time in minutes. May Allah reward you.”
Answer:
This is a hadith that is not problematic; it has come through chains that are not problematic: Whoever prays Fajr and sits in his place of prayer until the sun rises and ascends, there is in this a great virtue, then he prays two rak'ahs. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would usually sit in his place of prayer after Fajr until the sun rose well.
So if a person, a man, sits in his place of prayer, or a woman in her place of prayer, and the sun has risen, he prays two rak'ahs. This is all good and fine, and it is approximately a quarter of an hour after the sun rises. The time from the appearance of Fajr to the rising of the sun is about an hour and a half. Then, after about a quarter of an hour—meaning, about two hours minus a quarter, or two hours minus ten minutes after the appearance of Fajr—the sun will have risen. If he prays two rak'ahs in that time, there is great good in it, or more than that. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. Your Eminence, the questioner asks: Does this also apply to women?
The Shaykh: The hadith is general for both women and men; the ruling is general.
Source
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