The benefits of the hadith: (… Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) pray the Duha prayer? She said: No, except when he returned from an absence) and its narrations.
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The Shaykh : These hadiths indicate what the author (may Allah have mercy on him) headed the chapter with, which is that the Duha sunnah is a permanent sunnah that a person prays every day. However, Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was asked whether the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray it, and she said: He generally did not return from an absence except in the Duha time, and he would pray two rak'ahs for the sake of, uh? The sunnah of what?
The student: The arrival.
The Shaykh : The sunnah of arrival. This is different from the sunnah of Duha, but despite that, she says that she prays it. This is a display of her juristic understanding (may Allah be pleased with her), and it is not her intention to contradict the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) in his guidance, for she is the furthest of people from contradiction. And God forbid that she would do so. If she had intended to contradict, and God forbid that, she would have mentioned that she does it and would not have mentioned that the Messenger does not do it, so that it would not be a disgrace upon her. So she (may Allah be pleased with her) understood that the Messenger did not pray it out of fear that people would act upon it, and if people acted upon it and persisted in it, it might become obligatory upon them, because their doing it and their consistency with it is like a commitment, so it would be imposed upon them. As the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the night prayer of Ramadan when it was delayed:Muwatta Malik 6:1 And on this basis, this statement, namely that the sunnah of Duha is an absolute sunnah and one should persist in it, is the stronger position. And what strengthens its preference is that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) mentioned that every joint of a person gives charity every day the sun rises. What does "joint" mean?
The student: The joints.
The Shaykh : The bones, the joints. Every joint of yours has a charity due on it every day the sun rises. And he informed (peace and blessings be upon him) that two rak'ahs prayed in the Duha time suffice for that. This indicates that it is recommended to pray them every day, because it expiates for him these obligatory charities, even though these charities are not monetary, but rather monetary, verbal, and practical. Yes, that is correct.
No, except when he returns from an absence
لا إلا أن يقدم من مغيبهThe student: The arrival.
The Shaykh : The sunnah of arrival. This is different from the sunnah of Duha, but despite that, she says that she prays it. This is a display of her juristic understanding (may Allah be pleased with her), and it is not her intention to contradict the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) in his guidance, for she is the furthest of people from contradiction. And God forbid that she would do so. If she had intended to contradict, and God forbid that, she would have mentioned that she does it and would not have mentioned that the Messenger does not do it, so that it would not be a disgrace upon her. So she (may Allah be pleased with her) understood that the Messenger did not pray it out of fear that people would act upon it, and if people acted upon it and persisted in it, it might become obligatory upon them, because their doing it and their consistency with it is like a commitment, so it would be imposed upon them. As the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the night prayer of Ramadan when it was delayed:
I feared that it would become obligatory (fard) for you
إني خشيت أن تُفرض عليكمThe student: The joints.
The Shaykh : The bones, the joints. Every joint of yours has a charity due on it every day the sun rises. And he informed (peace and blessings be upon him) that two rak'ahs prayed in the Duha time suffice for that. This indicates that it is recommended to pray them every day, because it expiates for him these obligatory charities, even though these charities are not monetary, but rather monetary, verbal, and practical. Yes, that is correct.