What was narrated concerning what is to be recited in the two Rak’ah before Fajr Sunan Ibn Majah 1150
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ " نِعْمَ السُّورَتَانِ هُمَا يُقْرَأُ بِهِمَا فِي رَكْعَتَىِ الْفَجْرِ {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} وَ {قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ} .
Translation
It wasnarrated that ‘Aishah said
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) usedtoperform two Rak’ah before Fajr, and he used to say: ‘The best twoSurah to recite in the two Rak’ah of Fajr are: “Say: Allah isOne”[Al-Ikhlas (112)] and “Say: O you disbelievers.”[Al-Kafirun (109)]