What is liked of voluntary prayer in the daytime

Asim bin Damrah said: Some of the students of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): Tell us how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer voluntary prayers during the day. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: You do not have the strength to perform them. They said: Tell us, and we will act upon them as much as we have strength for. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the sun rose from the east as high as it stands in the west at the time of Asr, he would pray two rak'ahs. Then, when it rose from the east as high as it stands from the west at the time of Zuhr, he would pray four rak'ahs. Then he would pray four rak'ahs before Zuhr and two rak'ahs after Zuhr, and he would pray four rak'ahs before Asr, in every two rak'ahs of which he would invoke peace upon the angels brought near, the prophets, and the Muslims and believers who follow them.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I preserved from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) eight rak'ahs: two before Zuhr, two after Zuhr, two after Maghrib and two after Isha. Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) also told me of the two rak'ahs before Fajr.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I preserved from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ten rak'ahs. He then mentioned the same as the previous narration, except that he did not say: "Hafsah told me."

Maysarah and Zadhan said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to pray as voluntary prayer four rak'ahs before Zuhr, two after Zuhr, two after Maghrib, four after Isha and two before Fajr.

Abu Ubaydah said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) never left the following voluntary prayers: four before Zuhr, two after Zuhr, two after Maghrib, two after Isha and two before Fajr.

Al-Hasan and Ibn Sirin said: The voluntary prayers are ten rak'ahs: two before Zuhr, two after Zuhr, two after Maghrib, two after Isha and two before Fajr.

Ibrahim said: The predecessors used to count these rak'ahs as Sunnah: four before Zuhr, two after Zuhr, two after Maghrib, two after Isha and two before Fajr. Ibrahim said: They used to consider two rak'ahs before Asr recommended, but they did not count them as Sunnah.

Abu Ubaydah said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) never left the following voluntary prayers: four before Zuhr, two after Zuhr, two after Maghrib, two after Isha and two before Fajr.