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Abu Zainab
Sorry to cut in with a new question (since we seem to have a lot of knowledgeable people on this thread):
When is the best time to pray the sunnah of fajr if one misses it - right after fard or wait till sunrise?
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The Prophet (salallahu alayhi wa sallam) laid great emphasis on the sunnah prayer of Fajr, saying, "It is more superior than the world and everything within it."
(Sahih Muslim 1:151)
The best way to pray Fajr is to pray it quickly and at home and then for men to proceed to the Masjid and women to pray it at home:
Aishah (RA) narrates: "The Prophet (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) would pray the two rak'at before the dawn prayer in my house so quickly that I wondered if he had recited the Fatihah in them or not."
[Ahmed]
عن عائشة، قالت: كان رسول اللّه صلى الله عليه وسلم يقرأ في ركعتي الفجر: " قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ [ الكافرون: ]، و: " قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ " [الإخلاص: ]. وكان يُسِر بهما
'Aishah (RA) reports that the Prophet (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) would silently recite the following in the two rak'at before salatul fajr
"Say: O disbelievers," and "Say: He is Allah, the One." [
Ahmed, Tahawi]
Regarding your question then It depends on whether the question you are asking is if you were to miss the Sunnah of fajr altogether because the time of Fajr was nearly over to which the ruling is that In the event that the 2 Rakaah (units) of Fajar Sunnah are omitted or missed entirely then a person may make them up i.e. offer them after sunrise.
عن أبي هريرة، أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: "من لم يصل ركعتي الفجر، حتى تطلع الشمس، فليصلها"
Abu Hurairah (RA) reports that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: "Whoever fails to pray the two [sunnah] rak'at of the fajr until the sun rises, [he should then] pray them."
[Baihaqi]
Also if the Sunnats and Fardh Salaats should be made before the time of Zawaal, and if Qadhaa of Fajr Salaat is done after Zawaal, then only the Fardh should be performed, not the Sunnats. However, if only the Sunnats were missed, it should not be repeated after the Fardh of Fajr Salaat, i.e. before sunrise. It may be performed before Zawaal on the same day.
(Ibid pg.512)
If your question is regarding whether you missed the Sunnah if you joined a congregation in the Masjid and happened to miss the Sunnah. Then this ruling will depend on which madhab you adhere to as there is a difference of opinion among the Muslim jurists.
The opinion of Imam Al-Shafi'i and Imam Ahmad is that he should join the jamaah and pray sunnah after the jamaah is finished, either before sun rise or after that. On the other hand Imam Abu Hanifah and Imam Malik are of the views that if one expects to find at least one rakat of the jamaah he may pray sunnah preferably in his home or at a place in the Masjid which is distant from the Imam. This view of Imam Abu Hanifah's based firstly on the Mutawatir Ahadith prohibiting any prayer after the fard of Fajr upto the sun rise and secondly on the basis of the practice of a large number of Sahaba who used to pray sunnat before they joined the jamaah. This practice is reported from Abdullah Ibn 'Umar, Abdullah ibn Masud, Abdullah ibn Abbas and Abu al-Darda (Radi-Allahu anhum ajma'een).
These reports may be seen in Tahavi 1:183 and Musannaf Abdur Razzaq v.2 p.444 No. 4021 etc.
The following is a good conclusion to differences of opinion in matters pertaining to fiqh:
It is to be noted that such differences in the opinions of the Muslims Jurists have long been discussed and debated. Every Muslim Jurist has some basis in the Qur'an, Sunnah or in the practice of the Sahabah and their differing views are based on various interpretations of the same resources of the Islamic Shariah. Therefore, whoever adopts a practice based on any one of these schools of interpretation should not be blamed of violating the Shariah or the Sunnah, nor should these differences be taken as a means of creating disputes or quarrels between the Muslims because every Muslim Jurist did his best to reach the truth and no one is totally incorrect.
And Allah knows best in all matters
Sources used:
http://www.albalagh.net/qa/fajrsunnah.shtml
http://www.islam.tc/cgi-bin/askimam/...=4714&act=view
http://www.central-mosque.com/fiqh/fajarsunnah.htm