صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب صلاة المسافرين وقصرهاThe Book of Prayer - Travellers
باب اسْتِحْبَابِ صَلاَةِ النَّافِلَةِ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَجَوَازِهَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ:Chapter: It is recommended to offer voluntary prayers in one’s house although it is permissible to offer them in the masjid
وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِذَا قَضَى أَحَدُكُمُ الصَّلَاةَ فِي مَسْجِدِهِ ، فَلْيَجْعَلْ لِبَيْتِهِ نَصِيبًا مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ جَاعِلٌ فِي بَيْتِهِ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ خَيْرًا " .
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: When any one of you observes prayer in the mosque he should reserve a part of his prayer for his house, for Allah would make the prayer as a means of betterment in his house.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
The obligatory prayer (fard salah) is associated with the mosque, while the voluntary prayers (nafl), supererogatory prayers (nawafil), and Sunnah prayers (sunan) are associated with the home. These become a source of goodness, blessing, and virtue for a person’s household. The members of one’s family, seeing him, also perform and learn the prayer. Due to the descent of Allah’s mercy and His angels, Satan and his progeny flee from that place.
Benefits and Issues:
The obligatory prayer (fard salah) is associated with the mosque, while the voluntary prayers (nafl), supererogatory prayers (nawafil), and Sunnah prayers (sunan) are associated with the home. These become a source of goodness, blessing, and virtue for a person’s household. The members of one’s family, seeing him, also perform and learn the prayer. Due to the descent of Allah’s mercy and His angels, Satan and his progeny flee from that place.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 1822
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
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It is obligatory for men to perform the obligatory (fard) prayers in the mosque.
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It is more virtuous to perform voluntary (nafl) prayers at home.
The sunnah prayers of the obligatory prayers are also included among the voluntary prayers.
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It is also permissible to perform voluntary (nafl) prayers in the mosque.
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Performing voluntary (nafl) prayers at home becomes a means of goodness and blessing in the home.
➎
Women may perform prayers in the mosque.
However, it is more virtuous for them to pray at home.
If they wish to attain the reward of congregation (jama‘ah), the women of the household may perform congregational prayer together at home.
➊
It is obligatory for men to perform the obligatory (fard) prayers in the mosque.
➋
It is more virtuous to perform voluntary (nafl) prayers at home.
The sunnah prayers of the obligatory prayers are also included among the voluntary prayers.
➌
It is also permissible to perform voluntary (nafl) prayers in the mosque.
➍
Performing voluntary (nafl) prayers at home becomes a means of goodness and blessing in the home.
➎
Women may perform prayers in the mosque.
However, it is more virtuous for them to pray at home.
If they wish to attain the reward of congregation (jama‘ah), the women of the household may perform congregational prayer together at home.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1376
