Prayer · Weekly
Stay seated after Fajr until sunrise
- The practice
- After Fajr, stay in your prayer place with dhikr or Quran until the sun has fully risen.
- When
- After Fajr on a day you pick (e.g. the weekend)
- In daily life
- Pick a Saturday or Sunday, brew your tea before Fajr, and afterwards stay on your prayer mat with your mushaf or your dhikr until the sun is well up. Leave the phone in another room and enjoy one of the quietest hours of the week.
The source
عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ جَلَسَ فِي مُصَلاَّهُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ حَسَنًا .
“Simak narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Samura that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed the dawn prayer, he sat at the place of worship till the sun had risen enough”Narrated by Jabir ibn SamuraSahih Muslim 670b
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →Arabic: ara-muslim · Translation: Abdul Hamid Siddiqui (eng-muslim), from the eng-muslim edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.
Part of: Your Morning Routine
More Sunnahs like this
Say the waking du'aOn waking upBegin the morning with 'Allahumma bika asbahna'When you start your morningSay 'Bismillahilladhi la yadurru' morning and eveningEach morning and each eveningSay the du'a the Prophet taught Abu BakrEach morning and eveningPray two rak'ahs of DuhaMid-morning, after the sun has risen well (e.g. on your morning break)Pray 4 rak'at after Jumu'ahAfter the Friday prayer
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Get early accessSources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.