حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْفَجْرِ فِي أَوَّلِ رَكْعَةٍ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2038
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) used to recite in the first rak'ah of Fajr prayer: "We believe in Allah and that which has been sent down to us and that which has been sent down to Ibraheem (Abraham)..." [al-Baqarah 2:136] to the end of the verse; and in the second rak'ah he would recite: "we believe in Allah, and bear witness that we are Muslims (i.e. we submit to Allah)" [A1 'Imran 3:52].
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020