Sunnahs of Fajr Prayer

1-Shorten the length of Sunnah prayer: 

Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that:

 “The Prophet (SAWW) used to pray two light short raka’as between the Adhan (prayer call) and Iqamah of Fajr prayer” (Bukhari ,Book of Adhan 169)

1- Recomended Recitation:

In First Rak’ah of Sunnah	In Second Rak’ah of Sunnah
136th Aayah of Surah Al Baqarah. (2:136)	52nd Aayah of Surah Aal-Imran. (3:52) or 64th Ayah of Surah Aal-Imran. (3:64)
Alternatively; Complete Surah Al-Kafiroon. (109:1-6)	Complete Surah Al-Ikhlaas. (112: 1-4)

(Ref; Al Muslim, the book of the prayer of the traveller… 727)

2- Lying down:

Prophet (SAWW) used to lie down for a while on his right side after the Sunnah of Fajr prayer.( Al Bukhari 626)

So if you pray Sunnah of Fajr at home lie down on your right side for a few minutes to fulfil this sunnah.

3- Supplication(Dua’ noor) betwen Sunnah and Fardh:

Prophet (SAWW) used to read this beautiful dua between the sunnahs and the Farz of Fajr Salah;

اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِیْ قَلْبِیْ نُوْْرًا وَّفِیْ بَصَرِیْ نُوْرًا وَّفِیْ سَمْعِیْ نُوْرًا وَّعَنْ یَّمِیْنِیْ نُوْرًا وَّعَنْ یَّسَارِیْ نُوْرًا وَّفَوْقِیْ نُوْرًا وَّتَحْتِیْ نُوْرًا وَّاَمَامِیْ نُوْرًا وَّخَلْفِیْ نُوْرًا وَّاجْعَلْ لِّیْ نُوْرًا وَّفِیْ لِسَانِیْ نُوْرًا وَّعَصَبِیْ نُوْرًا وَّلَحْمِیْ نُوْرًا وَّدَمِیْ نُوْرًا وَّشَعْرِیْ نُوْرًا وَّبَشَرِیْ نُوْرًا وَّاجْعَلْ فِیْ نَفْسِیْ نُوْرًا وَّاَعْظِمْ لِیْ نُوْرًا، اللّٰهُمَّ اَعْطِنِیْ نُوْرًا

 (O Allah, place light in my heart, and place light in my hearing, and place light in my seeing, and place light beneath me, and place light above me, and light on my right, and light on my left, and place light behind me, and make the light greater for me.')

(Al-Bukhari 11/116 no 6316 and Muslim 1/526, 529-530)

4- Sitting after the Prayer:

“When the Prophet (SAWW) prayed Fajr prayer, he sat in his place until the sun rose completely.” (Muslim, the book of masjid…670)

Benefit of sitting after the prayer in Masjid:

Allah Instructed the angels to pray for forgiveness for those sitting in the Maasjid, weather it is before or after the Salaah, by saying,

“O Allah, forgive them

O Allah,have mercy on them.”

(Al Bukhari, the book of prayer…445)

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