Rare Prayers
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 88
وَ رَوَى عَبْدُ اَلْوَاحِدِ بْنُ اَلْمُخْتَارِ اَلْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ صَلاَةِ اَلضُّحَى فَقَالَ «أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلاَّهَا قَوْمُكَ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مِنَ اَلْغَافِلِينَ فَيُصَلُّونَهَا وَ لَمْ يُصَلِّهَا رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ » وَقَالَ «إِنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَرَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ وَ هُوَ يُصَلِّيهَا فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «مَا هَذِهِ اَلصَّلاَةُ» فَقَالَ أَدَعُهَا يَا أَمِيرَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «أَكُونُ أَنْهَى «عَبْداً إِذٰا صَلّٰى.
Abdul Wahid ibn al-Mukhtar al-Ansari narrated from Abu Ja'far عليه السلام, who said: "I asked him about the Duha prayer” Imam عليه السلام said: ‘The first people to perform it were your people, for they were among the heedless, so they performed it. The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم did not perform it.' He also said: 'Imam Ali عليه السلام passed by a man who was performing it, and Imam Ali عليه السلام said: ‘What is this prayer?’ The man replied: ‘Should I leave it, O’ Commander of the Faithful?’ He (Imam Ali عليه السلام) said: ‘Would I forbid a servant when he prays?’".
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh