Whoever prays Fajr in congregation, then sits and remembers Allah until the sun rises, then prays two rak'ahs, has a reward like that of a complete Hajj and 'Umrah, complete, complete, complete. Al-Tirmidhi narrated it.

The questioner : Whoever prays Fajr in congregation, then sits and remembers Allah until the sun rises, then prays two rak'ahs, has a reward like that of a complete Hajj and 'Umrah, complete, complete, complete. Al-Tirmidhi narrated it. Is it the same prayer, the Duha prayer, or is it another prayer?

The Shaykh : It appears, and Allah knows best, that as long as we do not have an explicit text on the matter, it is the Duha prayer. This is because it is not mentioned in all the hadiths that there are two prayers after the sun rises: this one, and then the Duha prayer. Rather, this hadith seems to align with the other hadith narrated by Imam Muslim in his Sahih from the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The young camels are the plural of a young camel, which is the offspring of a she-camel, where its hoof is not like the hoof of its father and mother; its hoof is soft and fresh. When it goes out to the gravel or the sand and the sun strikes it with its heat, it seeks and looks for shade to escape the heat. When the young camel feels the heat of the scorching sand, that is the best time for the prayer of the repentant. So, if we consider this and reflect on the previous hadith, when a man sits after the Fajr prayer remembering Allah, then waits until the sun rises beautifully, at that time the scorching sand begins to intensify in heat, so the young camel does not stay on it but takes refuge in the shade. This prayer, as it appears to us, and Allah knows best, is the Duha prayer, regarding the time of which he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: