Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 3 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 283

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بَابُ مَا يَقُولُهُ عِنْدَ النَّوْمِ.

Chapter: What to say before sleeping.

ثُمَّ كَانَ إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ وَهُمَا سُنَّةُ الْفَجْرِ؛ فَإِنَّ السُّنَّةَ أَنْ يُخَفِّفَهَا، فَيَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى: (قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ) وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ: (قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)، أَوْ فِي الْأُولَى: (قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْأَسْبَاطِ وَمَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَى وَعِيسَى وَمَا أُوتِيَ النَّبِيُّونَ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ) فِي سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ، وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ: (قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَى كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ أَلَّا نَعْبُدَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ وَلَا نُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا أَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُولُوا اشْهَدُوا بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ) فِي آلِ عِمْرَانَ.

When dawn broke, he would pray two brief rak'ahs for the dawn Sunnah. It is the Sunnah to keep them short, reciting 'Say, O disbelievers' in the first and 'Say, He is Allah, One' in the second. Alternatively, he might recite in the first: 'Say, We have believed in Allah and what has been revealed to us...' from Surat al-Baqarah, and in the second: 'Say, O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you...' from Al 'Imran.

وَالْحَاصِلُ أَنَّهُ يُخَفِّفُهَا؛ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ، وَالْقِيَامَ، وَالْقُعُودَ، لَكِنْ بِشَرْطِ أَلَّا يُخِلَّ بِالطُّمَأْنِينَةِ؛ لِأَنَّهُ لَوْ أَخَلَّ بِالطُّمَأْنِينَةِ لَفَسَدَتْ، ثُمَّ يَضْطَجِعُ عَلَى جَنْبِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ بَعْدَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ سُنَّةَ الْفَجْرِ، يَضْطَجِعُ عَلَى الْجَنْبِ الْأَيْمَنِ حَتَّى يُؤْذِنَهُ الْمُؤَذِّنُ، يَعْنِي حَتَّى يُعْلِمَهُ بِأَنَّ وَقْتَ الْإِقَامَةِ قَدْ جَاءَ، فَيَخْرُجَ وَيُصَلِّيَ.

In short, he kept the bowing, prostration, standing, and sitting brief, provided he did not compromise the necessary tranquility, as doing so would invalidate the prayer. After finishing these two rak'ahs, the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—would lie on his right side until the muezzin signaled that it was time for the iqamah, at which point he would go out to pray.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (27 verbs · 43 nouns)

• قَالَ — to say
• طَلَعَ — to rise
• صَلَّى — to pray
• بَاب — chapter
• نَوْم — sleep
• فَجْر — dawn