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Sahih Muslim 721a

It is recommended to pray Duha, the least of which is two rakʿah, the best of which is eight, and the average of which is four or six, and encouragement to do so regularly

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حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي ﷺ بِثَلاَثٍ بِصِيَامِ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَرَكْعَتَىِ الضُّحَى وَأَنْ أُوتِرَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَرْقُدَ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Shaybān b. Farrūkh
  2. ʿAbd al-Wārith
  3. Abū al-Tayyāḥ
  4. Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī
  5. Abū Hurayrah

three fasts during every month, two rak'ahs of the forenoon prayer, and observing Witr prayer before going to bed.

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  • Misykatul Mashabih 1262وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي بِثَلَاثٍ: صِيَامِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّام من كل شهر وركعتي الضُّحَى وَأَن أوتر قبل أَن أَنَام
  • Shahih al-Bukhari 1981أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي ﷺ بِثَلاَثٍ صِيَامِ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَرَكْعَتَىِ الضُّحَى وَأَنْ أُوتِرَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَنَامَ

Other narrations of this report

Narrators

  1. The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
    أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
    عن
  2. trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid)d. 75 AH, or 81 AH, or 95 AH, or 100 AH, or shortly after it, also said: after the year 95 AH
    أَبُو عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيُّثقة ثبت عابد
    حدثني
  3. trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt).d. 128 AH, or: 130 AH.
    أَبُو التَّيَّاحِثقة ثبت .
    حدثنا
  4. trustworthy and firm (thiqah thabt); he was accused of belief in qadar (al-qadar), but this was not established about himd. 179 AH or 180 AH; also said: 178 AH
    عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِثقة ثبت , رمي بالقدر ولم يثبت عنه
    حدثنا
  5. truthful (ṣadūq), has lapses (wahm), and accused of Qadarism (qadar)d. 235 AH, or 236 AH, or 237 AH, or 238 AH
    شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَصدوق يهم , ورمي بالقدر
    حدثنا
  6. Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AH
    مُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه

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Commentaries

al-Minhāj (Nawawī)
al-Mufham (Abū al-ʿAbbās)

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