According to the Hanafi and some other schools Nafilah salah (Arabic: صلاة نفل‎) is a type of optional salah in Islam. Like Sunnah salat, they are not considered obligatory but are thought to confer extra benefit on the person performing them. For example, offering Duha prayers.

The time for the Ishraq prayer begins ten to twenty minutes after sunrise and consists of two Raka'ahs. Praying ishraq is considered to yield greater rewards than performing the lesser Umrah according to some traditions.“According to majority of scholars of Hadith and Fiqh, Duha Prayer and Al-Ishraq Prayer are all names of the same salah (ritual Prayer). It is a recommended Prayer without any fixed number of raka'ahs, and its time proper starts a little after sun rise (approximately fifteen minutes after sunrise) and extends up to the time of the declining of the sun from the meridian.

A minority of scholars^[who?], however, have made a distinction between Al-Ishraq Prayer and Duha Prayer. According to them, Al-Ishraq Prayer is done after sun rise (around fifteen minutes after) while Duha Prayer is done much later.

Zulfiqar Ahmad (born 28 February, 1979) is a PhD scholar (Islamic Studies) at Minhaj University in Lahore, Pakistan. He has authored several books on social, religious, socio-political and economic aspects. As a student of human studies he rubbed shoulders with those who are at the forefront of propagating and spoiling the humanities. He is a renowned teacher of O-Level Islamiat in Lahore. compiled 2 books for O-Level students as a co-author. He teaches CIE classes in different institutions in Lahore. PhD Islamic studies is in progress from Minhaj University, Lahore. He has worked on different social and International topics and his books are published from LAP academic publishing, Germany.