And with the same chain of narration, it is narrated from Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never performed the Duha prayer (regularly), and I consider this prayer to be recommended. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), despite liking an action, would sometimes leave it out of fear that it might become obligatory upon people due to their continuous practice of it.

It is narrated from Sayyida Umm Hani (may Allah be pleased with her), the daughter of Abu Talib (and the sister of Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him), that in the year of the conquest of Makkah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed eight rak‘ahs wrapped in a single garment.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Hani (may Allah be pleased with her), the daughter of Abu Talib (and the sister of Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him), that in the year of the conquest of Makkah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed eight rak‘ahs wrapped in a single garment.

And with the same chain of narration (from Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah, may Allah be pleased with him), it is narrated that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When any one of you enters the mosque, he should pray two rak'ahs before sitting down."

And with this same chain (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to pray two rak‘ahs before Zuhr and two rak‘ahs after it. He, peace and blessings be upon him, used to pray two rak‘ahs in his house after Maghrib, and he used to pray two rak‘ahs after ‘Isha. After offering Jumu‘ah (prayer), he would not pray anything until he returned home, then (upon reaching home) he would pray two rak‘ahs.

And with the same chain of narration (from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them), it is narrated that Umm al-Mu'mineen Sayyidah Hafsah, may Allah be pleased with her, informed him that when the muezzin would finish and become silent after giving the adhan for the morning prayer, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would perform two light rak'ahs before the iqamah of the prayer.

And it is narrated from (the same chain of narration from Sayyida Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, prayed (the night) prayer (Tarawih) in the mosque, so (some) people prayed with him (behind him). Then on the following night, when he prayed, the people increased. Then on the third or fourth night, (many) people gathered, but the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, did not come out to them (to lead the prayer). When morning came, he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "I saw what you did (last night), but I only did not come out to you because I feared that this (standing in prayer) might become obligatory upon you." This incident happened in Ramadan.

And with this chain of narration, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that his grandmother, Sayyida Maleekah (may Allah be pleased with her), prepared food for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and invited him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ate from it and then said: "Stand up! I will lead you in prayer." Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I got up and went to my mat, which had become black due to lying for a long time, and I sprinkled water on it. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up, an orphan and I formed a row behind him, and the old woman stood behind us (in a separate row). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in two (nafl) units of prayer and then concluded with salam.

Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyida Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I never saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performing voluntary prayers while sitting, until one year before his passing, he began to perform voluntary prayers while sitting. He would recite the surah with measured recitation (tarteel), so much so that due to his tarteel, that surah would become longer than a surah that was actually longer than it.

Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyida Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I never saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performing voluntary prayers while sitting, until one year before his passing, he began to perform voluntary prayers while sitting. He would recite the surah with measured recitation (tarteel), so much so that due to his tarteel, that surah would become longer than a surah that was actually longer than it.