How should the prayer before Fajr be offered so that it will be counted as one of the twelve regular Sunnahs? Here in Morocco they give the adhaan for Subh then we get up and pray Fajr then Subh. We hope that you can explain to us when we should pray the two rak’ahs of the twelve regular Sunnahs, especially the two rak’ahs before Subh.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
The twelve
regular Sunnahs, concerning the virtue of which it is narrated that the one
who offers them regularly will have a house built for him in Paradise, have
been explained in the answer to question no. 1048. They are: the two rak’ahs
before Fajr, four rak’ahs before Zuhr and two rak’ahs after it, two rak’ahs
after Maghrib and two rak’ahs after ‘Isha’.
Secondly:
What you do
after the adhaan for Subh and before the obligatory prayer is naafil
(supererogatory) and they are the two rak’ahs of Fajr which are called the
Sunnah of Fajr or the Sunnah of Subh. They are among the twelve regular
Sunnahs, as mentioned above, and your doing them is part of regularly
observing this regular Sunnah.
For more
information please see the answer to question no.
79345.
