Sahih Bukhari - Bihar Anjuman

SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 1 > BOOK 11: CALL TO PRAYERS (ADHAAN)
two or three nights. Thereupon Allah's Apostle did not stand for the prayer the following night, and
did not come out. In the morning, the people asked him about it. He replied, that he way afraid that
the night prayer might become compulsory.
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 697:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet had a mat which he used to spread during the day and use as a curtain at night. So a
number of people gathered at night facing it and prayed behind him.
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 698:
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit:
Allah's Apostle made a small room in the month of Ramadan (Sa'id said, "I think that Zaid bin
Thabit said that it was made of a mat") and he prayed there for a few nights, and so some of his com-
panions prayed behind him. When he came to know about it, he kept on sitting. In the morning, he
went out to them and said, "I have seen and understood what you did. You should pray in your
houses, for the best prayer of a person is that which he prays in his house except the compulsory
prayers."
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