Chapter: The Virtue of the Regular Sunnah Prayers Performed with the Obligatory Prayers, together with an Explanation of the Minimum, the Perfect, and What Lies Between

1097 – From the Mother of the Believers, Umm Ḥabībah Ramlah bint Abī Sufyān (d. 44 AH), may Allah be pleased with her, who said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, ‘No Muslim servant performs, for Allah’s sake, twelve units (rakʿahs) of prayer every day, voluntarily apart from the obligatory prayers, without Allah building a house for him in Paradise – or, as he said: a house is built for him in Paradise.’” Narrated by Muslim.

1098 – ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar, may Allah be pleased with them both, reported: “I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ two rakʿahs before Ẓuhr, two after it, two after Jumuʿah, two after Maghrib, and two after ʿIshāʾ.” Agreed upon.

1099 – ʿAbd Allah ibn Mughaffal, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Between every two calls* there is a prayer, between every two calls there is a prayer, between every two calls there is a prayer.” On the third time he added, “for whoever wishes.” Agreed upon.

*The two calls refer to the adhān and the iqāmah.

[Explanation]
The author – may Allah have mercy on him – says in his book “Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn,” under the chapter entitled “The Merit…"