Beneficial Knowledge

Allah says in surah al-Baqarah: [وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ] "And remember when Ibrahim and Isma'il raised the foundations of the House: 'O our Lord, accept it from us!…

Ibn al-Qayyim wrote: The Prophet used to recite these two surahs (Surat Al-Kāfirūn & Surat Al-'Ikhlāş) in the sunnah prayer of fajr and in the witr prayer, which are first and last acts of the day, so that he could begin the day with tawheed and end the day with tawheed.…