How Fajr prayer Protected the Salaf!

Abu Talib

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Muslim (657) narrated that Jundub ibn ‘Abd-Allaah said:

The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever prays Fajr is under the protection of Allaah, so do not fall short with regard to the rights of Allaah, for anyone who does that, Allaah will seize him and will throw him on his face into the Fire of Hell.”


It was narrated that al-A’mash said:

Saalim ibn ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar was sitting with al-Hajjaaj and al-Hajjaaj said to him: Get up and strike this person’s neck.

Saalim picked up the sword and took hold of the man, and headed towards the gate of the palace. Then his father looked at him when he was taking this man out and said: Is he really going to do it? He repeated it two or three times, and when he took him out, Saalim said to him:

Did you pray Fajr?

He said: Yes.

He said: Then take whichever path you want.


Then he came and threw down the sword and al-Hajjaaj said to him: Did you strike his neck? He said: No.

He said: Why not?

He said: I heard my father say: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever prays Fajr is under the protection of Allaah until evening comes.”


[... Narrated by al-Tabaraani in al-Mu’jam al-Awsat (4/5) with his isnaad. Al-Albaani said in Saheeh al-Targheeb (1/110): it is saheeh [authentic] because of corroborating reports. ]


Meaning of the hadeeth:
“Whoever prays Fajr will be under the protection of Allaah”

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