joint of yours, an act of charity is due. Every utterance of “subḥān-Allāh” counts as charity, every “al-ḥamdu lillāh” is charity, every “lā ilāha illā Allāh” is charity, every “Allāhu akbar” is charity; enjoining what is right is charity, and forbidding what is wrong is charity. Yet two rakʿahs that one performs in the forenoon suffice for all of that.” Narrated by Muslim.

1148 – ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray four rakʿahs of Duḥā and would add to that whatever Allah willed.” Narrated by Muslim.

1149 – Umm Hānīʾ, Fākhitah bint Abī Ṭālib (may Allah be pleased with her), said: “I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the year of the Conquest and found him bathing. When he finished, he prayed eight rakʿahs, and that was during the forenoon.” Agreed upon. This wording is an abridged form of one of Muslim’s narrations.

207 – Chapter: The permissibility of performing the Duḥā prayer from the time the sun has risen high until it reaches the meridian, and that the preferred time is when the heat becomes intense and the forenoon is well advanced

1150 – Zayd ibn Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) saw some people praying Duḥā and said, “They certainly know that praying at another time is better. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘The Prayer of the Devout is when the young camels feel the heat of the sand.’” Narrated by Muslim.

“Tarmaḍu” means the sand has become hot from the sun’s heat, and “al-fiṣāl” is the plural of faṣīl, a newly-weaned young camel.