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
Abu Musa reported Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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.
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