“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘Whoever performs twelve Rak’ah (of Sunnah) each day, ahousewill be built for him in Paradise: two Rak’ah before Fajr,two Rak’ahbefore the Zuhr, two Rak’ah after the Zuhr, twoRak’ah, I think hesaid, before ‘Asr, two Rak’ah after Maghrib,and I think he said twoRak’ah after the ‘Isha’.’”

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Umar that when the dawn illuminated, theProphet(ﷺ) would pray two Rak’ah.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto pray two Rak’ah before the morning (prayer), as if the Adhanwere in his ears. (i.e., he would pray them briefly).

It wasnarrated from Hafsah bint ‘Umar that when the call for theSubhprayer was given, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would pray twoshortRak’ah before going to the prayer.

“When he performed ablution theProphet (ﷺ) would pray two (short) Rak’ah and then go out for theprayer.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to performtwoRak’ah at the time of the Iqamah.”

“Say: ‘O you disbelievers!”[Al-Kafirun (109)] and “Say: Allah is One.” [Al-Ikhlas (112)]

“I watched the Prophet (ﷺ) foramonth, and in the two Rak’ah before Fajr he used to recite: “Say:Oyou disbelievers!” [Al-Kafirun (109)] and “Say: Allah is One.”[Al-Ikhlas (112)]

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) usedtoperform two Rak’ah before Fajr, and he used to say: ‘The best twoSurah to recite in the two Rak’ah of Fajr are: “Say: Allah isOne”[Al-Ikhlas (112)] and “Say: O you disbelievers.”[Al-Kafirun (109)]

“Once the Iqamah has been called, there should be no prayer buttheobligatory one.”Another chain with similar wording.

“Which of your two prayers did you intend to becounted (i.e., accepted)?”

“TheProphet(ﷺ) passed by a man who was praying when the Iqamah for Subhprayerhad been called, and he said something to him, I do not knowwhat hesaid. When he finished, we surrounded the man and asked him:‘Whatdid the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say to you?’ He said: ‘He saidto me: “Soon one of you will pray Fajr with four Rak’ah.’”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) saw a manpraying two Rak’ah after the Subh prayer and said, ‘Is the Subhprayerto be offered twice?’ The man said to him: ‘I did not praythe twoRak’ah before it, so I prayed them (now).’ The Messengerof Allah(ﷺ) remained silent.”

It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) slept andmissedthe two Rak’ah before Fajr, so he made them up after the sunhadrisen.

“My father sent wordto‘Aishah, asking which prayer the Prophet (ﷺ) most liked toperform regularly. She said: ‘He used to perform four Rak’ahbeforethe Zuhr, in which he would stand for a long time and bow andprostrate perfectly.’”

It wasnarrated from Abu Ayyub that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to performfourRak’ah before the Zuhr when the sun had passed its zenith, and hedid not separate them with a Taslim. He said, “The gates of heavenareopened when the sun passes its zenith.”

“If the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)missed the four Rak’ah before the Zuhr, he would perform them afterthe two Rak’ah which come after the Zuhr.”

“Mu’awiyah sent wordto Umm Salamah, and I went with his envoy who put the question to UmmSalamah. She said: ‘While the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wasperformingablution for the Zuhr in my house and he had sent a Sa’i,*theMuhajirun gathered around him in large numbers, and he was busydealing with them. When a knock on the door came, he went out andperformed the Zuhr, then he sat and distributed what had been broughtto him.’ She said: ‘He continued doing that until the ‘Asr.Then hecame into my house and performed two Rak’ah. Then he said:“The matterof the Sa’i kept me from praying them after Zuhr, soI prayed themafter ‘Asr.”

“Whoeverprays four Rak’ah before the Zuhr and four afterwards, Allahwillforbid him to the Fire.”

“We asked ‘Aliabout the voluntary (prayer) of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) during theday. He said: ‘You will not be able.’ We said: ‘Inform us ofit, we will do what we can of it?’ So he said: ‘When he prayedthe Fajr he would delay praying any more. When the sun appeared overthere (west) – like it appears here, meaning in the direction ofthe east, about the amount for the ‘Asr prayer from there, meaningin the direction of the west, meaning before the Maghrib – he wouldstand and perform two Rak’ah* then he would delay praying until thesun appeared over there (west), meaning in the direction of the east,about the amount of the Zuhr prayer from there, then he would standand perform four. And, four before the Zuhr when the sun passed thezenith, and two Rak’ah after it, and, four before the ‘Asr,separating between every two Rak’ah with Taslim** upon the angelsthat are close (to Allah), the Prophets, and those who follow themamong the Muslims and the believers.’”'Ali said: "That is sixteen Rak'ah of voluntary prayer which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) performed during the day. And there are very few who offer them regularly."Waki` said: “My father added: Habib bin Abu Thabit said: ‘O Abu Ishaq, this mosque filled with gold would not be dearer to me than this Hadith of yours.’”* Meaning, when the sun was low above the eastern horizon. That is the time of the Duha.** Meaning the Tashah-hud.