Mahmoud bin Ghaylan told us, he said: Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi told us, he said: Shu`bah told us, on the authority of Yazid al-Rashk, he said: I heard Mu'adh, she said: I said to Aisha: Did the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, pray the Duha prayer? She said: Yes, four rak'ahs, and he could add more as he wished. God Almighty...

Muhammad bin Al-Muthanna narrated to us, saying: Hakim bin Muawiyah Al-Ziyadi narrated to me, saying: Ziyad bin Ubaidullah bin Al-Rabi’ Al-Ziyadi narrated to us, on the authority of Humaid al-Taweel, on the authority of Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to pray the noon prayer with six rak’ahs.

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, he said: Muhammad ibn Ja`far narrated to us, he said: Shu`bah narrated to us, on the authority of Amr ibn Murrah, on the authority of Abd al-Rahman ibn Abu Laila said: No one told me that he saw the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, praying the forenoon prayer except Umm Hani, for she narrated that The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, entered her house on the day of the conquest of Mecca, took a bath, and prayed eight rak’ahs of rosary. I never saw him, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him. He never prayed a lighter prayer than this. He used to bow and prostrate completely.

Ibn Abi Omar narrated to us, Waki’ narrated to us, Kahmis bin Al-Hasan narrated to us, on the authority of Abdullah bin Shaqiq, who said: I said to Aisha: Did the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, pray the noon prayer? She said: No, unless he comes from sunset

Ziyad bin Ayyub Al-Baghdadi told us, he said: Muhammad bin Rabi’ah told us, on the authority of Fudayl bin Marzuq, on the authority of Atiya, on the authority of Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri said: The Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, used to pray the forenoon prayer until we say: He does not pray it, and he would leave it until we say: He does not pray it.

Ahmad bin Mani` told us, on the authority of Hushaym, he said: Ubaidah told us, on the authority of Ibrahim, on the authority of Sahm bin Manjab, on the authority of Qarth al-Dhabi, or on the authority of Qaza’a, on the authority of Qartha’, on the authority of Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari, that the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, used to perform four rak’ahs at noon, I said: O Messenger of God, you are addicted to performing these four rak’ahs at noon. He said: The gates of heaven open at noon, so do not She pauses until she performs the noon prayer, and I would like something good to come up for me at that hour. I said: Is there a recitation in all of them? He said: Yes. I said: Do they include a final greeting? He said: No. Ahmad bin Mani’ told us, he said: Abu Muawiyah told us, he said: Ubaidah told us, on the authority of Ibrahim, on the authority of Sahm bin Munjab, on the authority of Qaza’ah, on the authority of Qartha’, on the authority of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and the like.

Muhammad bin Al-Muthanna narrated to us, he said: Abu Dawud narrated to us, he said: Muhammad bin Muslim bin Abi Al-Wadah narrated to us, on the authority of Abdul Karim Al-Jazari, on the authority of Mujahid, on the authority of Abdullah bin Al-Sa’ib, that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to pray four times after the sun had set, before noon and said: It is an hour in which the gates of heaven are opened, and I would like for my good deeds to ascend during it.

Abu Salamah Yahya bin Khalaf told us, he said: Omar bin Ali Al-Muqaddami told us, on the authority of Mas’ar bin Kadam, on the authority of Abu Ishaq, on the authority of Asim Ibn Damrah, on the authority of Ali, that he used to pray four times before noon, and he mentioned that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to pray it at noon. And he extends it therein

“The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to devote himself to four cycles [of ritual prayer] at high noon, so I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, you devote yourself to these four cycles at high noon!’ He explained: ‘The gates of heaven are opened at high noon, then they are unlocked until the midday ritual prayer is performed, so I love to have a good deed ascend on my behalf during that time!’ I said: ‘Is there a Qur’anic recitation in each of them [the four cycles]?’ He said: ‘Yes!’ I said: ‘Do they contain a separating salutation of peace?’ He said: ‘No!'” Another chain reports a similar narration.