Jami' at-Tirmidhi The Book on Salat (Prayer)

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 417

Chapter: What Has Been Related About The Brevity Of The Two Rak'ah Of Fajr And What The Prophet (S) Would Recite In Them

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 417

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، وَأَبُو عَمَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ

رَمَقْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم شَهْرًا فَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ بِـْ ‏:‏ ‏‏(‏يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ‏)‏ وَ ‏‏(‏قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ‏)‏

Ibn Umar narrated:

"I watched the Prophet (S) for a month. In the two Rak'ah before Fajr he would recite: Say: "O you disbelievers!" and Say: "Allah is One"."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 417), An-Nasa’i (No. 992), Ibn Majah (No. 833, 1149) and Ahmad (No. 4533, 4674, 4965, 5433, 5440, 5483).

Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( وَأَبُو عَمَّارٍ ) اِسْمُهُ حُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ مَوْلَاهُمْ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثِقَةٌ مِنْ الْعَاشِرَةِ رَوَى عَنْ الْجَمَاعَةِ سِوَى اِبْنِ مَاجَهْ وَسِوَى أَبِي دَاوُدَ فَكِتَابَةٌ ( أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ ) بِضَمِّ الزَّايِ وَفَتْحِ الْمُوَحَّدَةِ اِسْمُهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ثِقَةٌ ثَبْتٌ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَدْ يُخْطِئُ فِي حَدِيثِ الثَّوْرِيِّ ( أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ ) هُوَ الثَّوْرِيُّ. قَوْلُهُ : ( رَمَقْت النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَهْرًا ) أَيْ نَظَرْت إِلَيْهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ( فَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ بِ { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } وَ { قُل…

Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

Scholar	Grade	Applies to	Work
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 417
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH	WeakDaif	The hadith	No. 417
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH	AuthenticSahih	The hadith	No. 417

Other versions

Differing grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 992

"I watched the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)- twenty times- reciting in the two rak'ahs after maghrib 'Say: O you disbelievers' and 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.'"

يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَفِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ ‏‏{‏ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ‏}‏ وَ ‏‏{‏ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ‏}‏ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

Weak Sunan Ibn Majah 833

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite in the Maghrib: ‘Say: O you disbelievers!’[Al-Kafirun (109)] and ‘Say: He is Allah, (the) One.’”[Al-Ikhlas (112)]

ـ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ ‏‏{قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ}‏ وَ ‏‏{قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ}‏ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

Differing grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1149

“I watched the Prophet (ﷺ) for a month, and in the two Rak’ah before Fajr he used to recite: “Say: O you disbelievers!” [Al-Kafirun (109)] and “Say: Allah is One.” [Al- Ikhlas (112)]

يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ ‏‏{قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ}‏ وَ ‏‏{قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ}‏ ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

Not graded Musnad Ahmad 4533