"pray)?' He replied, '(He prayed) Between these two pillars and then he came out and offered a two\n\nrak`at prayer in front of the Ka`ba.' \" Abu `Abdullah said: Abu Huraira said, \"The Prophet (p.b.u.h)\n\nadvised me to offer two rak`at of Duha prayer (prayer to be offered after sunrise and before midday). \"\n\nItban (bin Malik) said, \"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)\n\n(p.b.u.h) and Abu Bakr, came to me after sunrise and we aligned behind the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and\n\noffered two rak`at.\"\n\nNarrated Ibn `Umar:\n\nI offered with the Prophet (ﷺ) two rak`at before the Zuhr and two rak`at after the Zuhr prayer; two rak`at\n\nafter Maghrib, `Isha' and the Jumua prayers. Those of the Maghrib and `Isha' were offered in his\n\nhouse. My sister Hafsa told me that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to offer two light rak`at after dawn and it was the\n\ntime when I never went to the Prophet.\"\n\nNarrated `Amr:\n\nI heard Abu Ash-sha'tha' Jabir saying, \"I heard Ibn `Abbas saying, 'I offered with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) eight\n\nrak`at (of Zuhr and `Asr prayers) together and seven rak`at (the Maghrib and the `Isha' prayers)\n\ntogether.' \" I said, \"O Abu Ash-shatha! I think he must have prayed the Zuhr late and the `Asr early;\n\nthe `Isha early and the Maghrib late.\" Abu Ash-sha'tha' said, \"I also think so.\" (See Hadith No. 518\n\nVol. 1).\n\nNarrated Muwarriq:\n\nI asked Ibn `Umar \"Do you offer the Duha prayer?\" He replied in the negative. I further asked, \"Did"