Chapter 189: About the Desirability of Performing the Voluntary Prayers in One's House

Translation: 597. Narrated Zayd ibn Thabit: ' Allah's Messenger performed the (voluntary prayer) in the mosque in the month of Ramadhan (Sa'eed said: " I think that Zayd ibn Thabit said that it was made of straw ") and he prayed there for few nights, and so some of his companions performed the prayer like him. When he realized this he kept on sitting. In the morning, he went out to them and said: " I have seen and understood what you did. So people! You should pray in your houses, for the best prayer of a person is what he performs in his house, except for the compulsory congregational prayers. " (Bukhari)

Translation: 598. Narrated Ibn Omar: The Prophet said: " Offer some of your (voluntary) prayers at home, and do not make your houses as graves. " (Bukhari)

Translation: 599. Narrated Al-Sae'eb ibn Yazeed that Mu'aweya said to him: ' If you have offered the Friday Prayer do not connect it with another prayer unless you speak or go out [ in between them]; as Allah's Messenger ﷺ had commanded us that we should not connect a prayer to another prayer unless we speak or go out (in between them). ' (Muslim)