Thus, through these two reports, it becomes clear that what is meant by those narrations is the first Fajr, because the first narration says, "between you and the light being level with your head," which is a reference to the first dawn that rises vertically. Likewise, the other narration in which it is said, "a man rises and there is already light at dawn," is a reference to a slight illumination, whereas the second dawn is not like that; rather, its light is widely spread across the horizon of the sky. It is also possible that these reports were issued as a form of ‘taqiyyah’ (precautionary dissimulation), even with the admission that the Fajr mentioned in them refers to the second Fajr, because according to our opponents, these two rak‘ahs are not to be performed except after the appearance of the second dawn. What clarifies what we have mentioned is what was narrated:
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