He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Allah said, 'Son of Adam, do not fall short of praying four units at the beginning of the day, and I will suffice you for its remainder.'"
حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن مهدي حدثنا معاوية يعني ابن صالح عن أبي الزاهرية عن كثير بن مرة
أنه سمع رسول الله ﷺ يقول قال الله عز وجل يا ابن آدم لا تعجز عن أربع ركعات من أول النهار أكفك آخره
Its chain of transmission is sahih, its narrators are trustworthy and well known, and Abu Zahiriyyah is Hudayr bin Kurayb, who is trustworthy and whose hadith is found in Muslim.Tirmidhi related the hadith, 2/340, no. 475, in the chapter on prayer, on what has been said about the Duha prayer, and he said, hasan gharib.Nasai also related it in Sunan al-Kubra, 1/177, no. 466 and the hadith following it.Haythami said, 2/236, the narrators of Ahmad are trustworthy.