8/10. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1446 — Standing Briefly After Fajr Ruku
The Qunut In The (Other) Prayers
Brief Standing After the Second Rak'ah in Fajr Prayer
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1446
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1446
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُفَضَّلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ، صَلَّى مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم صَلاَةَ الْغَدَاةِ فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ قَامَ هُنَيَّةً .
Narrated Someone who prayed with the Prophet: Muhammad ibn Sirin said: Someone who prayed the morning prayer along with the Prophet (ﷺ) narrated to me: When he raised his head after the second rak'ah, he remained standing for a short while.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1446In-book reference : Book 8, Hadith 31English translation : Book 8, Hadith 1441
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1446
This Hadith describes a small but meaningful prayer detail. Muhammad ibn Sirin said that someone who prayed the morning prayer with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told him that when the Prophet raised his head after the second rak'ah, he remained standing for a short while. The report does not quote a supplication, and it does not give extra detail about what was said. Its focus is the brief standing after rising in the second rak'ah of Fajr. Readers looking for Qunut in Fajr or standing after ruku should note the careful wording: the narration mentions the action and the short length of time, without adding more explanation.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report describes standing after the second rak'ah of Fajr.
- The standing was for a short while.
- The text does not quote the words said in that standing.
- Prayer details in Hadith can be brief and exact.
