How many rakahs of Duha are prayed

Sayyidah Umm Hani (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to my house on the day of the Conquest of Makkah. I placed water for him, and he took a ritual bath (ghusl), then prayed eight rak'ahs of the Duha prayer. I never saw him pray that prayer before or after that day.

Ibn Abi Layla said: No one told us about the Duha prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) except Sayyidah Umm Hani (may Allah be pleased with her). She said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to my house on the day of the Conquest of Makkah. He took a ritual bath (ghusl), then prayed eight rak'ahs of the Duha prayer, keeping the bowing and prostration short in them. I never saw him pray that prayer before or after that day.

Ibn Abi Layla said: I met the people while they were plentiful in number. No one told me about the Duha prayer except Sayyidah Umm Hani (may Allah be pleased with her); she told me that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed eight rak'ahs of the Duha prayer.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Hani (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed eight rak'ahs of the Duha prayer.

The grandmother of Ibn Rumaythah said: I came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) while she was praying the Duha prayer, and she prayed eight rak'ahs.

Sa'id bin Marjanah said: I was sitting behind Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was praying the Duha prayer. I counted, and he prayed eight rak'ahs. He sat only in the last rak'ah, in which he recited the tashahhud, then said the salam and completed the prayer.

Tamimah bint Duhaym said that she saw Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) pray six rak'ahs of the Duha prayer.

Rumaythah said: I came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) in a room in which she used to be alone, and I saw her pray eight rak'ahs of the Duha prayer.

Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to pray eight rak'ahs of the Duha prayer sitting down. Someone said to her: "Aishah prays four rak'ahs." She said: "Aishah is a young woman."

Ibrahim said: When Alqamah came to the city, he would pray four rak'ahs of the Duha prayer.

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I came with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to the area of Banu Mu'awiyah. There he prayed eight rak'ahs of the Duha prayer and made them long.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: My dear friend, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), instructed me to pray the two rak'ahs of Duha.