Through that same chain, Ibn Khuzaymah also recorded the report, no. 1234, and al-Ḥāfiẓ (Ibn Ḥajar) attributed it to him in Fatḥ al-Bārī 3/53, remaining silent about its grading but supporting it with the following remark:

“In al-Ṭabarānī there is the ḥadith of Ibn Abī Awfā: he performed the ḍuḥā prayer as two rakʿahs, and when his wife questioned him, he said, ‘The Prophet ﷺ prayed two rakʿahs on the day of the Conquest.’ This can be understood to mean that he witnessed only two rakʿahs of the Prophet’s prayer, whereas Umm Hānī saw the remaining six. That, in turn, lends weight to the view that the Prophet prayed them in separate pairs. Allah knows best.”

I say: In Ṭabarānī’s chain, however, appears al-Shaʿthāʾ. Al-Haythamī states (2/238): “I have not found anyone who declared her reliable, nor anyone who criticised her.”

I say: She is unknown (majhūlah). Al-Dhahabī hints at this in al-Mīzān, saying, “No one narrates from her except Salamah ibn Rajāʾ,” and al-Ḥāfiẓ himself is explicit in al-Taqrīb: “Unknown.” Thus, using her report to support that of Umm Hānī is unsound.

Al-Bazzār likewise transmitted it through her route (1/357/748, Kashf al-Astār).