عَنْ اُمِّ حَبِيْبَةَ ‘ قَالَتْ ‘ قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمُ) : “مَنْ صَلَّى فِى يَوْمٍ وَّ لَيْلَةِ اثْنَتَىْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً ؛
بُنِىَ لَهُ بَيْتٌ فِى الْجَنَّةِ : أرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ وَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَهَا , و رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ ‘ وَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ العِشَآءِ ‘ وَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ” . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِىُّ .
وَ فِى رِوَايَةٍ لِّمُسْلِمٍ أنَّهَا قَالَتْ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمُ) يَقُوْلُ : “مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُّسْلِمٍ يُصَلِّىْ لِلَّهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ ثِنْتَى عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً تَطَوُّعًا غَيْرَ فَرِيْضَةٍ ‘ إلاَّ بَنَى اللهُ بَيْتًا فِى الْجَنَّةِ – أوْ إلاَّ بُنَىَ لَهُ بَيْتٌ فِى الْجَنَّةٍ – “.
Umm Habiba reported that Allah’s Messenger [peace and blessings of Allah be upon him] said: He who observes twelve Sunan rak’ahs in the course of a day and night there would be built up for him a house in Paradise: four preceding the noon prayer and two after it and two rak’ahs after sunset prayer and two after ‘Isha [night] prayer and two before dawn prayer. (Tirmidhi).
In a version by Muslim she is reported to have said: I heard Allah’s Messenger [peace and blessings of Allah be upon him] as saying: There is no Muslim who observes willingly twelve rak’ahs of Sunan besides obligatory rak’ahs every day, but Allah would build for him a house in Paradise or (the wording is) but a house will be built for him in Paradise.