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ahmad:26022 – Yazīd > al-Jurayrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to pray four units before Dhuhr (noon prayer) and then would add two units after it and two units before Fajr (dawn prayer). He would say, "What excellent two chapters (surahs) they are that you recite in the two units before Fajr. Say: O disbelievers, and say: Allah is One."  

أحمد:٢٦٠٢٢ – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي أَرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَقَالَ يَزِيدُ مَرَّةً رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَهَا وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ نِعْمَ السُّورَتَانِ هُمَا تَقْرَؤُونَهُمَا فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَالْفَجْرِ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ  

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ibnmajah:1150 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > al-Jurayrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > ʿĀʾishah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform two Rak’ah before Fajr, and he used to say: ‘The best two Surah to recite in the two Rak’ah of Fajr are: “Say: Allah is One” [Al-Ikhlas (112)] and “Say: O you disbelievers.” [Al-Kafirun (109)]  

ابن ماجة:١١٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ نِعْمَ السُّورَتَانِ هُمَا يُقْرَأُ بِهِمَا فِي رَكْعَتَىِ الْفَجْرِ {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} وَ {قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ}  

ذِكْرُ الْحَثِّ عَلَى الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي رَكْعَتَيِ الْفَجْرِ بِسُورَةِ الْإِخْلَاصِ

ibnhibban:2461 – ʿImrān b. Mūsá b. Mujāshiʿ > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Saʿīd al-Jurayrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Shaqīq > ʿĀʾishah

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform two Rak’ah before Fajr, and he used to say: ‘The best two Surah to recite in the two Rak’ah of Fajr are: “Say: Allah is One” [Al-Ikhlas (112)] and “Say: O you disbelievers.” [Al-Kafirun (109)] (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1150)   

ابن حبّان:٢٤٦١ – أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ مُجَاشِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «نِعْمَ السُّورَتَانِ هُمَا تُقْرَآنِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ»