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Bayhaqi 5236 — The follower praying in the mosque, on its roof

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الثَّقَفِيُّ، ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، ثنا عَفَّانُ، ثنا وُهَيْبٌ، ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا النَّضْرِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ " أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اتَّخَذَ حُجْرَةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ حَصِيرٍ فَصَلَّى فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ 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 الْمَرْءِ فِي بَيْتِهِ إِلَّا الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ ". رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَفَّانَ. وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ وُهَيْبٍ.
Busr bin Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made a compartment of a mat in the mosque and prayed in it for some nights. People gathered. Then they did not hear his (peace and blessings be upon him) voice and thought that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had fallen asleep, so they began to clear their throats so that he (peace and blessings be upon him) would come out to them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I kept seeing your state, until I feared that it might be made obligatory upon you. Had it been made obligatory upon you, you would not have been able to perform it. O people! Pray at night in your homes, for the best prayer of a man is in his home, except the obligatory prayer."
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 5236
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحيح
Hadith Takhrij «صحيح۔ بخاري 6860»