that this is not preserved according to me; because what is known from Ibn ʿUmar (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) is that he narrated from Ḥafṣah (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhā) that the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) used to pray the two rakʿahs before Fajr, and he said: "That is an hour during which I did not enter upon the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam)!" I said: This only aligns with his statement in the ḥadīth: that it is not preserved! This is refuted by what has been previously mentioned from the authentic path from Mujāhid from Ibn ʿUmar, and it is apparent that Ibn Naṣr did not come across it; otherwise, he would have included it and not followed it with what he previously mentioned. Furthermore, there is nothing in the ḥadīth of Layth that he presented—let alone others which his knowledge did not encompass—that Ibn ʿUmar saw him those many times in the state of residence to contradict the ḥadīth of his sister Ḥafṣah. It is possible that this occurred while the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) was outside his house on certain occasions like the Battle of the Trench. This is regarding the two rakʿahs of Maghrib, and as for the two rakʿahs of Fajr; it is established that he (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) did not abandon them in travel or residence, and Ibn ʿUmar must have traveled with him (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) often, like during the Farewell Pilgrimage, and saw him praying them on some of his journeys, and Allāh knows best. And among the biases of some deluded students who have yet to recognize the value of knowledge and scholars—against the authentic sunnah—is that one of them authored a treatise titled: "Reflections on the Description of the Prophet's Prayer (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam)"; in which he weakened dozens of authentic ḥadīths, presenting what was said about some of them regarding criticism and defect, without studying whether it is a significant defect or not?! And without considering the principle of strengthening a ḥadīth through multiple paths, and without acknowledging the suspended reports of the Companions which are considered elevated, to the extent that he weakened the ḥadīth of the opening supplication with: "Subḥānaka Allāhumma wa-biḥamdika..." despite it being reported by five Companions and others, and ʿUmar (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) teaching it to the people while he was leading them in prayer and raising his voice with it to teach them, and it is authentically attributed to him as he himself admitted; yet he criticized it against me! And this is another example among..