At what hour Duha is prayed

Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O servants of Allah! Perform the Duha prayer in the time of Duha (when the sun is up)."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saw some people praying the Duha prayer at sunrise. He said: "Why did they not leave this prayer until the sun had risen the height of one or two spears? For that is the prayer of the awwabin (the righteous servants who constantly turn back to Allah)."

Shu'bah, the freed slave of Ibn Abbas, said: Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) would ask me: "Has the shade fallen?" When I said yes, he would get up and pray the Duha prayer.

Muhammad bin Amr said: Abu Salamah would not pray the Duha prayer until the sun had inclined.

He (Muhammad bin Amr) said: And Urwah would come, pray, and then sit down.

Al-Nu'man bin Nafidh said that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saw some people praying the Duha prayer at sunrise. He said: "What is wrong with them? They have slaughtered it (prayed it at its very start), may Allah slaughter them! If only they had left it until the sun was high and then prayed it, for that is the prayer of the awwabin (the righteous servants who constantly turn back to Allah)."