Explanation of Riyad al-Salihin-66b

The reciter: "Chapter on the Sunnah of the Zuhr prayer:
Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) said:

I performed with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) two Rak'ah before and two after Zuhr prayers.

صليت مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ركعتين قبل الظهر وركعتين بعدها

Riyad as-Salihin 1113

Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
And 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her):

The Prophet (ﷺ) never omitted four Rak'ah supererogatory prayer before Zuhr prayers

أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان لا يدع أربعاً قبل الظهر

Riyad as-Salihin 1114

Narrated by al-Bukhari.
And she (may Allah be pleased with her) said:

'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) stayed in my house, he would perform four Rak'ah (supererogatory prayer) before Zuhr prayer. Then he would go out and lead Salat. He (ﷺ) would then come back and perform two Rak'ah (supererogatory prayer). He would lead the Maghrib prayer and come back and perform two Rak'ah (supererogatory prayer). When he (ﷺ) had led the 'Isha' prayer, he would enter the house and perform two Rak'ah (supererogatory prayer). [Muslim]

كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يصلي في بيتي قبل الظهر أربعاً، ثم يخرج فيصلي بالناس، ثم يدخل فيصلي ركعتين، وكان يصلي بالناس المغرب، ثم يدخل بيتي فيصلي ركعتين، ويصلي بالناس العشاء، ويدخل بيتي فيصلي ركعتين

Riyad as-Salihin 1115

Narrated by Muslim.
And Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Whoever maintains four Rak'ah before Az-Zuhr and four after it, Allah makes him prohibited for the Fire.

من حافظ على أربع ركعات قبل الظهر وأربع بعدها، حرمه الله على النار

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 428Sahih (Darussalam)

Narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi, who said: It is a good, authentic hadith.
And 'Abdullah ibn al-Sa'ib (may Allah be pleased with him):

Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to perform four cycles of ritual prayer after the sun had passed its zenith before the noon prayer, and he said: 'It is a time in which the gates of heaven are opened, so I love to have a righteous deed ascend for me then!'

أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يصلي أربعاً بعد أن تزول الشمس قبل الظهر، وقال : إنها ساعة تفتح فيها أبواب السماء، فأحب أن يصعد لي فيها عمل صالح

Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 294Sahih Isnād (Zubair `Aliza'i)

Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, who said: It is a good hadith.
And 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her):

If the Prophet (ﷺ) could not perform four Rak'ah before Zuhr prayer, he would perform them after it

أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان إذا لم يصل أربعاً قبل الظهر صلاهن بعدها

Riyad as-Salihin 1118

Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, who said: It is a good hadith".

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
The author said in *Riyad al-Salihin*: "Chapter on the Sunnah of the Zuhr prayer", and he mentioned several hadiths, all of which indicate that Zuhr has six rak'ahs: four before it with two taslams, and two after it.
And that if a person forgets or misses the four rak'ahs before Zuhr, he should pray them after Zuhr, because the rawatib are made up just as the obligatory prayers are made up. However, there is a hadith narrated by Ibn Majah: : For example, if you come for Zuhr and the imam is praying, and you were unable to perform the rawatib before the prayer, we say: Pray. And when you have finished the prayer and its dhikr, pray the two rak'ahs after the prayer, then pray two rak'ahs and two rak'ahs for the ones before the prayer. This is the Sunnah.
And in these hadiths is evidence that a person should guard the rawatib, based on the statement of 'A'ishah: : meaning he does not leave them off. However, when traveling, he does not pray the Sunnah of Zuhr, neither the one before nor the one after, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pray the rawatib of Zuhr when he was traveling. And success is from Allah.