Fajr Prayer

  • 1 Offering the Fajr prayer in a congregation is one of the qualities of the believers.

    Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) :

    { And they who carefully maintain their prayers -}

    Quran ( 23 : 9 )

  • 2 Offering the Fajr prayer in a congregation after praying the Isha prayer in a congregation equal spending the whole night in prayer

    'Uthman bin 'Affan ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:

    I heard the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) saying: "One who performs 'Isha' prayer in congregation, is as if he has performed Salat for half of the night. And one who performs the Fajr prayer in congregation is as if he has performed prayer the whole night."

    [ Muslim ]

  • 3 To be in the protection of Allah all the day

    Jundub bin Abdullah ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:

    the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "When anyone offers the Fajr ( dawn ) prayer, in congregation, he is in the Protection of Allah. So let not Allah call him to account, withdrawing, in any respect, His Protection. Because, He will get hold of him and throw him down on his face in the Hell-fire."

    [ Muslim ]

  • 4 To perform the ablution, pray and remain active

    Abu Hurairah ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:

    The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said: "When any one of you sleeps, Satan ties three knots at the back of his neck. He recites this incantation at every knot: 'You have a long night, so sleep.' If he awakes and remembers Allah, one knot is loosened. If he performs Wudu', the (second) knot is loosened; and if he performs prayer, (all) knots are loosened. He begins his morning in a happy and refreshed mood; otherwise, he gets up in bad spirits and a sluggish state."

    [ Al-Bukhari and Muslim ].

  • 5 Offering Fajr prayer on its time and offering Asr is a means to be admitted to the Heavens

    Abu Musa ( may Allah be pleased with him ) reported

    that the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, as saying, “He who observes the two cool times of prayer ( at dawn and after nightfall ) will enter paradise.”

    ( Bukhari and Muslim )


  • 6 To attain the testimony of the Angels

    Abu Huraira ( may Allah be pleased with him ) reported that

    the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said: “ Angels take turns among you by night and by day, and they all assemble at the dawn and afternoon prayers. Those (of the angels) who spend the night among you, then, ascend, and their Lord asks them, though He is the best informed about them: How did you leave My servants? -they say: We left them while they were praying and we came to them while they were praying”.

  • 7 To receive the glad tidings of the full light on the day of resurrection

    Buraidah ( May Allah be pleased with him ) reported:

    The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said, "Convey glad tidings to those who walk to the mosque in the darkness. For they will be given full light on the Day of Resurrection."

    [ At-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud ].

  • 8 To free myself of the traits of the hypocrites who do not attend the Fajr and Isha prayers

    Narrated Abu Hurairah ( May Allah be pleased with him ):

    The Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said: "The most burdensome prayers for hypocrites are the 'Isha' and the Fajr prayers and if they knew what (rewards) these (prayers) contain, they would have come to them (in the mosques), even though they had to crawl on their knees."

    [ Al-Bukhari and Muslim ]

  • 9 To obtain the reward of offering Umrah and Hajj

    Anas bin Malik ( may Allah be pleased with him ) reported

    that the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) as said: “If anyone, prays the dawn prayer in a company, then sits making mention of Allah till the sun rises, then prays two rak'as, he will have a reward equivalent to that for a hajj and an ‘umra.” He reported the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) as adding, “A perfect one, a perfect one, a perfect one.”

  • 10 To offer the Fajr prayer on Friday in a congregation that is the best prayer of the week

    Anas bin Malik ( may Allah be pleased with him ) reported

    that the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) as saying: “ the best prayer in the sight of Allah is the Fajr prayer offered in a congregation on Friday "

  • 11 It is a means to gain protection against the Hellfire

    ‘Umara bin Ruwaiba ( may Allah be pleased with him ) reported

    that the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) as saying: “No one will enter hell who has prayed before the rising of the sun and before its setting," meaning the dawn and the afternoon prayer.

    [ Muslim ]

  • 12 To receive the supplication of the Angels

    `Ali ( may Allah be pleased with him ) reported

    that he heard the Messenger of Allah ( may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) saying: “Whoever prays Fajr, then sits in the place where he has prayed, the angels will send blessings upon him and their blessings upon him will be: ‘O Allah, forgive him. O Allah, have mercy on him.` And whoever waits for the prayer, the angels will send blessings upon him and their blessings upon him will be: `O Allah, forgive him, O Allah, have mercy on him.”

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