Is the Sunnah prayer before Zuhr two rak’ahs or four rak’ahs?

Praise be to Allaah. 

You must
mean, is the Sunnah prayer before Zuhr
two rak’ahs or four rak’ahs? Because the one rak’ah is odd-numbered,
and there is no odd-numbered prayer apart from Maghrib, and the Witr
prayer at night.

The
answer is: it was narrated in some ahaadeeth that the Sunnah prayer
before Zuhr is with one tasleem (i.e., it is two rak’ahs), as stated
in the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Umar (narrated) in al-Saheehayn.

And in some other ahaadeeth it is narrated
that it is two tasleems (i.e., four rak’ahs), as stated in the hadeeth
of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her), (narrated) in Saheeh
Muslim.

So
one has the choice of doing two or four rak’ahs. But some scholars suggested
that if a person prays it at home it is better to pray four rak’ahs
with two tasleems, and if he prays them in the mosque, he should pray
two rak’ahs with one tasleem).