Consistency in the Duha Prayer

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. From Jeddah, a message was sent by one of our sisters, and she says—her name is Ayn—she asks and says: Give us a ruling on the Duha prayer, as I read that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not maintain it as an obligatory prayer, but rather he would pray it sometimes, especially when he returned from an absence or was unable to stand in night prayer.

Answer:
Yes, that is correct. The Duha prayer is a recommended practice (sunnah), not obligatory. It is permissible to leave it on some days. The scholars, or some of the scholars, say that one should alternate with it, meaning one prays it one day and leaves it the next, so that it is not understood to be obligatory. Likewise, one who stands in night prayer and prays from the night does not maintain the Duha prayer consistently; rather, he prays it sometimes and leaves it sometimes. Yes.