الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الليل والوترChapters on Night Prayer and Witr
بَابُ حُجَّةِ مَنْ قَالَ إِنَّ فِعْلَهَا فِي الْبَيْتِ أَفْضَلُChapter on the Evidence of Those Who Say Performing It at Home Is Better
Hadith 2243
اُردوEn
عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اتَّخَذَ حُجْرَةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ حَصِيرٍ فَصَلَّى فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيَالِيَ حَتَّى اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ نَاسٌ ثُمَّ فَقَدُوا صَوْتَهُ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ قَدْ نَامَ فَجَعَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ يَتَنَحْنَحُ لِيَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ: ((مَا زَالَ بِكُمُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ مِنْ صَنِيعِكُمْ حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَلَوْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَا قُمْتُمْ بِهِ، فَصَلُّوا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ، فَإِنَّ أَفْضَلَ صَلَاةِ الْمَرْئِ فِي بَيْتِهِ إِلَّا الْمَكْتُوبَةَ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made a small room with a mat in the mosque and prayed in it at night. When people found out, they also gathered, but then they could not hear the voice of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). They thought that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had fallen asleep, so some people started coughing so that he (peace and blessings be upon him) would come out to them. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I am aware of what you have been doing. The real matter is that I fear this standing (in prayer) may be made obligatory upon you, and if it is made obligatory, you will not be able to maintain it. Therefore (I say that) O people! Pray in your homes. A man's prayer in his house is the best deed, except for the obligatory prayer.
