رِيَاضُ الصَّالِحِينَ
Riyad as-Salihin 1109
The Book of Virtues
Briefness to be Adopted in Performing the two Rak'ah Sunnah before Fajr Prayer, their time and the Surah to recite in them
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ رَمَقْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَهْرًا يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ: {قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ}، وَ: {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ}. ((رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: حَدِيثٌ حَسَن)).
Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: I observed the Prophet (ﷺ) for one month reciting in the two supererogatory Rak'ah of the Fajr prayer Surat Al-Kafirun (No. 109) [in the first Rak'ah], and Surat Al-Ikhlas (No. 112) [in the second Rak'ah]. [At-Tirmidhi].
Riyad as-Salihin, 1109