Hadith 1213

Chapter 29

باب 29

(29) باب اسْتِحْبَابِ صَلاَةِ النَّافِلَةِ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَجَوَازِهَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ

(29) Chapter: It is recommended to offer voluntary prayers in one's house although it is permissible to offer them in the masjid, whether that is a regular voluntary prayer or any other, except for the public ritual prayers, namely, `Id prayer, the eclipse prayer, prayers for rain and Tarawih, and prayers that can only be offered in the masjid, such as greeting the masjid, and prayers that are recommended to be offered in the masjid, namely the two rak`ah following tawaf (JA)
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَرَّادٍ الأَشْعَرِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَثَلُ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي يُذْكَرُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ وَالْبَيْتِ الَّذِي لاَ يُذْكَرُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ مَثَلُ الْحَىِّ وَالْمَيِّتِ " .

Abu Musa reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:
The house in which remembrance of Allah is made and the house in which Allah is not remembered are like the living and the dead. (JA)

Reference (JA): Sahih Muslim 779 (JA)

In-book reference (JA): Book 6, Hadith 251 (JA)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 1706 (JA)