Yazid al-Rashk (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I heard from Mu'adhah, she said: I asked Umm al-Mu'mineen Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) whether the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform the Duha prayer. She replied: Yes! He used to pray four rak'ahs, and would add more as Allah willed.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform six units (rak‘ahs) of the Duha (forenoon) prayer.

Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila narrates that no one except Sayyida Umm Hani (may Allah be pleased with her) informed me that she saw the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) performing the Duha prayer. She (Sayyida Umm Hani, may Allah be pleased with her) told me that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came to her house on the day of the conquest of Makkah, performed ghusl (ritual bath), and then prayed eight rak‘ahs. She says: I never saw the Prophet (peace be upon him) perform such a light prayer as he did on that day, though he performed the bowing and prostration completely.

Abdullah bin Shaqiq says: I asked Umm al-Mu'mineen Sayyida Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) whether the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) used to perform the Duha prayer. She replied: When he returned from a journey, he would perform it, otherwise he would not.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), he says that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would perform the Duha (forenoon) prayer with such regularity that we would say, "He will never abandon it now," and sometimes he would leave it with such regularity that we would say, "He will not perform it now."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would always perform four rak‘ahs at the time when the sun declined. So I asked: O Messenger of Allah! Do you always perform these four rak‘ahs at the time when the sun declines? He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied:“At the time when the sun declines, the gates of the heavens are opened, and they are not closed until the Zuhr prayer is completed. So I wish that a good deed of mine ascends at that time.”I asked: Is there recitation in all these rak‘ahs? He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied:“Yes!”I asked: Is there a separation with salam between them? He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied:“No.”

Qurtha’ah narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), who narrated from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a narration similar to the one mentioned above.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Sa’ib (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform four rak‘ahs after the sun had passed its zenith and before the Zuhr prayer, and he would say:“This is a time when the gates of the heavens are opened, so I like that a righteous deed of mine should ascend (to the heavens) at this time.”

Asim bin Damrah narrates that Sayyiduna Ali al-Murtaza (may Allah be pleased with him) used to perform four rak'ahs before the Zuhr prayer, and he mentioned that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also used to perform them at the time of decline (zawal), and he would recite at length in them.