141 – Ibn ʿUmar related that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “There is no prayer after fajr except two prostrations.” It was recorded by the Five compilers, all but al-Nasa’i.

In the wording preserved by ʿAbd al-Razzaq: “There is no prayer after the break of dawn except the two rakʿahs of fajr” (1); a similar report is found in al-Daraqutni from Ibn ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ (2).

Hadith grading
The hadith is weak, a conclusion Ibn Ḥajar leans toward, though some scholars upheld its soundness.

It was transmitted by Imam Ahmad, Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Daraqutni, and al-Bayhaqi through several chains, all of which pass through Qudāmah b. Mūsā on the authority of Ibn ʿUmar.

Al-Tirmidhi remarked: “It is singular (gharib); we know it only from the narration of Qudāmah b. Mūsā, from Muhammad b. al-Ḥusayn. Qudāmah is trustworthy—Muslim relied on him, and he was declared reliable by Ibn Maʿīn, Abu Zurʿah, and others—but his teacher, Muhammad b. al-Ḥusayn, is unknown. The report is nevertheless reinforced by supporting narrations from Abu Hurayrah, ʿAbd Allah b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ, and others.”

Ibn al-Mulqin said: “Ibn al-Qiṭṭān faulted it on grounds that do not constitute a genuine defect.”

Al-Albani held: “Taken collectively, the hadith is authentic, for its chains contain no narrator who is accused of fabrication or exceedingly weak.”

Even so, Ibn Ḥajar’s comments in al-Talkhīṣ al-Ḥabīr indicate its weakness; see also Naṣb al-Rāyah.