وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : « من صلى الضحى اثنتي عشرة ركعة بنى الله له قصرا في الجنة » . رواه الترمذي واستغربه.
Narrated Anas (RA): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Whoever prays twelve Rak'at of Duha, Allah will build a castle for him in Paradise." [Reported by at-Tirmidhi who graded it Gharib (reported by a single narrator)].
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Takhrij:
««إسناده ضعيف» Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Prayer, Chapter: What Has Been Related About the Duha Prayer, Hadith: 473, and he said: "Hadith Gharib"; and by Ibn Majah, Establishment of the Prayers, Hadith: 1380. * Musa ibn Fulan, unknown (Taqrib al-Tahdhib).»©
Explanation:
Our esteemed researcher has declared the aforementioned narration to be weak; therefore, the maximum number of rak‘ahs for Salat al-Duha is eight, which is established from the ahadith of Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, as has been discussed in detail in the previous ahadith. In any case, the virtue of Salat al-Duha is also established from other ahadith.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 312
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Commentary:
1:
With this context and wording, this hadith is weak, not the actual forenoon (duha) prayer itself. The following hadith is authentic, from which the proof of eight units (rak‘ahs) of the forenoon (duha) prayer is established.
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Musa ibn Fulan ibn Anas is an unknown (majhool) narrator.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 473