Hadith 1381

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ ، عَنْ مُعَاذَةَ الْعَدَوِيَّةِ ، قَالَتْ : سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ : أَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى ؟ ، قَالَتْ : " نَعَمْ ، أَرْبَعًا وَيَزِيدُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ " .
´Mu’adhah Al-‘Adawiyyah said:` “I asked ‘Aishah: ‘Did the Prophet (ﷺ) pray Duha?’ She said: ‘Yes; four (Rak’ah) and he would add whatever Allah willed.’”
Hadith Reference سنن ابن ماجه / كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنة / 1381
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: صحيح مسلم
Hadith Takhrij « صحیح مسلم/المسافرین 13 ( 719 ) ، سنن الترمذی/الشمائل ( 288 ) سنن النسائی/الکبري الصلاة 67 ( 479 ) ، ( تحفة الأشراف : 17967 ) ، وقد أخرجہ : مسند احمد ( 6/74 ، 95 ، 120 ، 123 ، 145 ، 156 ، 168 ، 172 ، 265 ) ( صحیح ) »
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:

From this it is understood that, besides Umm Hani radi Allahu anha, Aisha radi Allahu anha also saw the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam performing the Duha (forenoon) prayer.
And a legal ruling (mas’alah) is established even from the narration of a single Companion radi Allahu anhu.


The Duha prayer can be performed with less or more than eight units (rak‘ahs); its minimum is two units (rak‘ahs). (Sahih Muslim, Salat al-Musafirin, Chapter: Recommendation of Salat al-Duha, Hadith: 720, 721)
On the occasion of the Conquest of Makkah, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam performed eight units (rak‘ahs).
In Hadith 1379, there is a reference to this very incident.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1381