Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I did not see the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (regularly) offering the voluntary Duha prayer, but I do offer it (regularly).
(b) In the narration of Ma'mar there is the addition: People have not introduced anything dearer to me than it.
(Note) By the words of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) 'inni la-usabbihuha' is meant: I persist in it; and by 'wa ma ahdatha al-nasu shay'an' she meant persisting in it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 4911
Abdullah bin Shaqiq said: I asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) use to pray the Duha prayer? She said: No, except when he (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from a journey.
(b) Mu'adhah narrates from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray four rak'ahs and would add as much as he wished.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 4912
Urwah narrates from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: I never saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) offering the voluntary Duha prayer, but I do offer it; and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would leave a deed even though he loved to do it, fearing that people would act upon it and it would be made obligatory upon them.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 4913