حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَهْلِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ فِي رَكْعَتَيْهِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَالْآيَتَيْنِ مِنْ خَاتِمَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى وَفِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْآخِرَةِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْقُرْآنِ وَبِالْآيَةِ مِنْ آلِ عِمْرَانَ قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَى كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ حَتَّى يَخْتِمَ الْآيَةَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2386
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (RA) used to say: The Messenger of Allah used to recite in the two rak'ahs before Fajr the Opening of the Qur'an { al-Fatihah ) and the last two verses of Sooratal-Baqarah in the first rak’ah, and in the second rak'ah the Opening of the Qur'an and this verse from Al 'Imran: "Say (O Muhammad (PBUH)): "O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians): Come to a word that is just bet- ween us and you..." [Al 'Imran 3:64] to the end of the verse.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020