صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب المساجد ومواضع الصلاةThe Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer
باب يَجِبُ إِتْيَانُ الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى مَنْ سَمِعَ النِّدَاءَ:Chapter: It is obligatory for the one who hears the call to prayer to come to the masjid
وحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، وَإِسْحَاق بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، وَسُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، وَيَعْقُوبُ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ كلهم ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ الْفَزَارِيِّ ، قَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ : حَدَّثَنَا الْفَزَارِيُّ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ الأَصَمِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : " أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، رَجُلٌ أَعْمَى ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي قَائِدٌ يَقُودُنِي إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ ، فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أَنْ يُرَخِّصَ لَهُ فَيُصَلِّيَ فِي بَيْتِهِ ، فَرَخَّصَ لَهُ ، فَلَمَّا وَلَّى ، دَعَاهُ ، فَقَالَ : " هَلْ تَسْمَعُ النِّدَاءَ بِالصَّلَاةِ ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : فَأَجِبْ " .
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: There came to the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) a blind man and said: Messenger of Allah, I have no one to guide me to the mosque. He, therefore, asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) permission to say prayer in his house. He (the Holy Prophet) granted him permission. Then when the man turned away he called him and said: Do you hear the call to prayer? He said: Yes. He (the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) then said: Respond to it.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: The implication and purport of the hadith of Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu is precisely this: that a person who is able to come to the mosque should make it a point to perform the prayer in congregation. Even if he has to endure hardship and exertion like a blind man in order to come, he should still do so. If there were any concession for leaving the congregation, then the one most deserving of it would have been a blind person who does not even have anyone to bring him. Yet, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam did not grant him permission either.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 1486
