[Machine] I asked Aisha, "Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray Duha (forenoon prayer)?" She replied, "No, unless he returned from a journey."  

قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى؟ قَالَتْ «لَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَجِيءَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ»  

I asked 'A'isha whether the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe the forenoon prayer. She said: No, but when he came back from the journey. (Using translation from Muslim 717a)  

قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى؟ فَقَالَتْ «لَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَجِيءَ مِنْ مَغِيبِهِ» قُلْتُ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي قَاعِدًا؟ قَالَتْ «نَعَمْ بَعْدَمَا حَطَمَهُ السِّنُّ» قُلْتُ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقْرِنُ بَيْنَ السُّوَرِ؟ قَالَتْ «نَعَمْ مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ» قُلْتُ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ شَهْرًا مَعْلُومًا سِوَى رَمَضَانَ؟ قَالَتْ «وَاللَّهِ إِنْ صَامَ شَهْرًا مَعْلُومًا سِوَى رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى مَضَى لِوَجْهِهِ ﷺ وَلَا أَفْطَرَهُ حَتَّى مَضَى لِوَجْهِهِ ﷺ»  

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ used to only pray the Duha (forenoon) prayer after his absence had passed."  

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى إِلَّا أَنْ يَقْدُمَ مِنْ غَيْبَةٍ»  

“I asked ‘Aishah: ‘Did the Prophet ﷺ pray Duha?’ She said: ‘Yes; four (Rak’ah) and he would add whatever Allah willed.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1381)   

سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ أَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى؟ قَالَتْ « نَعَمْ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ وَيَزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ»  

[Machine] Hafsah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, said, "I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying while sitting until a year before his death. Then I saw him praying while sitting and reciting the Surah until its length became greater than the length he used to recite."  

أَنَّ حَفْصَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ «لَمْ أَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي سُبْحَتِهِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ حَتَّى كَانَ ﷺ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِعَامٍ وَاحِدٍ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُصَلِّي فِي سُبْحَتِهِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ وَيُرَتِّلُ السُّورَةَ حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَطْوَلَ مِنْ أَطْوَلَ مِنْهَا»  

[Machine] The translation of the phrase "دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْتِي فَصَلَّى الضُّحَى ثَمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ" into English is: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered my house and performed eight units of the Dhuha prayer."  

«دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْتِي فَصَلَّى الضُّحَى ثَمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ»  

[Machine] Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, used to say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never used to recite the Duha prayer." But Aisha used to recite it and she used to say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ left many acts of worship out of fear that people would consider them obligatory upon them."  

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ «مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسَبِّحُ سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى» وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تُسَبِّحُهَا وَكَانَتْ تَقُولُ «إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَرَكَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْعَمَلِ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَسْتَنَّ النَّاسُ بِهِ فَيُفْرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ»  

Messenger of Allah narrated that Allah, Blessed and Most High said: "Son of Adam: Perform four Rak'ah for Me in the beginning of the day it will suffice you for the latter part of it." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 475)   

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ رَبِّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنَّهُ قَالَ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ صَلِّ لِي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ أَكْفِكَ آخِرَهُ»  

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ, from his Lord, the Blessed and Exalted, that He said: "O son of Adam, pray four units of prayer for Me at the beginning of the day, and I will suffice you till the end of it.”  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَنْ رَبِّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَنَّهُ قَالَ «يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ صَلِّ لِي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ أَوَّلَ النَّهَارِ أَكْفِكَ آخِرَهُ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allahﷺ sent a mission and said, "Hasten to collect the spoils and be quick in gathering the troops." A man asked, "O Messenger of Allah, we have never seen a mission that is quicker and has greater spoils than this one." The Prophetﷺ said, "Shall I inform you of a mission that is faster and has greater spoils than this? It is a man who performs ablution in his house, perfects his ablution, and then goes to the mosque to perform the morning prayer, and follows it with the Dhuha prayer. This is faster and has greater spoils."  

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْثًا فَأَعْظَمُوا الْغَنِيمَةَ وَأَسْرَعُوا الْكَرَّةَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْنَا بَعْثَ قَوْمٍ أَسْرَعَ كَرَّةً وَلَا أَعْظَمَ غَنِيمَةً مِنْ هَذَا الْبَعْثِ فَقَالَ ﷺ «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَسْرَعَ كَرَّةً وَأَعْظَمَ غَنِيمَةً مِنْ هَذَا الْبَعْثِ؟ رَجُلٌ تَوَضَّأَ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ تَحَمَّلَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَصَلَّى فِيهِ الْغَدَاةَ ثُمَّ عَقَّبَ بِصَلَاةِ الضُّحَى فَقَدْ أَسْرَعَ الْكَرَّةَ وَأَعْظَمَ الْغَنِيمَةَ»  

"My dearest friend advised me (to do) three things: 'To sleep after praying Witr, to fast three days each month, and to pray two rak'ahs of Fajr.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1677)   

أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ بِثَلَاثٍ «الْوِتْرُ قَبْلَ النَّوْمِ وَصَلَاةُ الضُّحَى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَصَوْمُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ»  

[Machine] "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the Year of Victory, so I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have performed the Hajj and my cousin claims that Ali fought against him.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'We have rewarded those who merited reward, O Umm Hani.' She said, 'The Messenger of Allah then poured water and performed ablution, and then he put on a garment and covered himself with it, and he prayed eight units of Dhuha prayer.'"  

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَامَ الْفَتْحِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَجَرْتُ حَمَوَيَّ فَزَعَمَ ابْنُ أُمِّي تَعْنِي عَلِيًّا أَنَّهُ قَاتِلُهُ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قَدْ أَجَرْنَا مَنْ أَجَرْتِ يَا أُمَّ هَانِئٍ» قَالَتْ وَصَبَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَاءً فَاغْتَسَلَ ثُمَّ الْتَحَفَ بِثَوْبٍ عَلَيْهِ وَخَالَفَ بَيْنَ طَرَفَيْهِ فَصَلَّى الضُّحَى ثَمَانَ رَكَعَاتٍ  

[Machine] Prophet Muhammad ﷺ recited the morning prayer beads (tasbih) and I did not find anyone to inform me about it except Umm Hani bint Abi Talib, who informed me that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ came after sunrise on the day of the conquest, ordered for a garment to cover himself, performed ablution, then stood and performed eight units of prayer. I do not know if his standing, bowing, or prostration were longer. All of that was done consecutively. She said, "I have never seen him perform these prayer beads before or after that."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَبَّحَ سُبْحَةَ الضُّحَى فَلَمْ أَجِدْ أَحَدًا يُخْبِرُنِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ غَيْرَ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ بِنْتِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَخْبَرَتْنِي «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَى بَعْدَ ارْتِفَاعِ النَّهَارِ يَوْمَ الْفَتْحِ فَأَمَرَ بِثَوْبٍ فَسُتِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَاغْتَسَلَ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَرَكَعَ ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ لَا أَدْرِي أَقِيَامُهُ فِيهَا أَطْوَلُ أَمْ رُكُوعُهُ أَمْ سُجُودُهُ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ مُتَقَارِبَةٌ» قَالَتْ «فَلَمْ أَرَهُ سَبَّحَهَا قَبْلُ وَلَا بَعْدُ»  

[Machine] "He saw a group of people praying the Duha prayer in Masjid Quba, so he said, 'They have learned that praying at a time other than this hour is better. Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ said, 'The prayer of the devout believers is when the camels young ones lose their tails."  

أَنَّهُ رَأَى قَوْمًا يُصَلُّونَ الضُّحَى فِي مَسْجِدِ قُبَاءَ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمُوا أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ فِي غَيْرِ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ أَفْضَلُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ الْأَوَّابِينَ حِينَ تَرْمَضُ الْفِصَالُ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "In every human being, there are 360 joints and for each joint, there is a charity (to be given)." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, who can afford to do that?" He said, "It is to perform ablution and offer the Duha prayer."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فِي الْإِنْسَانِ ثَلَاثُ مِائَةٍ وَسِتُّونَ مَفْصِلًا عَلَى كُلِّ مَفْصِلٍ صَدَقَةٌ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ يُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ «تُنَحِّي الْأَذَى وَإِلَّا فَرَكْعَتَيِ الضُّحَى»