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
Zaid b. Thabit reported that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) made an apartment in the mosque of mats, and he observed in it prayers for many nights till people began to gather around him, and the rest of the hadith is the same but with this addition: Had this (Nafl) prayer become obligatory for you, you would not be able to observe it.
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