two rak‘ahs. This was also the view of al-Shāfi‘ī and Ahmad.” Sunan al-Tirmidhī (2/289–290).
c) The hadith of Umm Habība cited earlier concerning the virtue of the regular sunnah prayers states that she said: I heard the Messenger—peace and blessings be upon him—say: “There is no Muslim servant who voluntarily performs twelve rak‘ahs for Allah each day, apart from the obligatory prayers, except that Allah builds a house for him in Paradise (or: except that a house is built for him in Paradise): [four rak‘ahs before Dhuhr and two rak‘ahs after Dhuhr…]” to the end of the hadith.
d) The hadith of Aisha—may Allah be pleased with her—was cited earlier: “He never omitted the four rak‘ahs before Dhuhr…”
e) The hadith of Ibn Umar—may Allah be pleased with them both—was cited earlier: “I committed to memory ten rak‘ahs from the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him: two rak‘ahs before Dhuhr and two afterward…”
Third: One Who Misses the Four Rak‘ahs Before Dhuhr
It is reported that when the Messenger—peace and blessings be upon him—missed the four rak‘ahs before Dhuhr, he would perform them after the Dhuhr prayer.
Aisha narrated: “When the Prophet did not perform the four rak‘ahs before Dhuhr, he would perform them afterward.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhī and Ibn Mājah. (1)
The hadith indicates that whoever misses the four rak‘ahs before Dhuhr should perform them after