It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: By Allah! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never performed the Duha (forenoon) voluntary prayers, but I used to perform this prayer. The real matter is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), despite liking an action, would sometimes abandon it, because he feared that people would follow him and that action would become obligatory. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) liked to make things easier for people regarding obligatory matters.

And it is also narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform the Duha prayer, neither during travel nor at home.

Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I did not see the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performing the Duha prayer, but when he (peace and blessings be upon him) would return from a journey, he would perform two units of prayer.

Narrated by Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed four units (rak‘ahs) of Duha prayer in my house.

Mu’adhah says: I asked Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) how many rak’ahs the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray for the Duha (forenoon) prayer. She said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray four rak’ahs, and would add more as Allah willed.