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The Prophet (s.a.w.) was asked: “What is preferable? Prayer in my home or prayer in the masjid?” He replied (s.a.w.) replied: “Do you see my home how close it is to the masjid? It is preferable for me to pray in my home than praying in the masjid unless if it is a wãjib prayer.” (Ibn Mãjah & A ḥ mad) The Prophet (s.a.w.) said, “When one of you fulfills his prayer, then he should appoint a share from it for his home because Allãh has placed goodness in his prayer at home.” 9
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Al-Bukhãri narrates that ‘Umar once entered the mosque in one of the nights of Ramadhan and saw the people doing their nawãfil prayers individually. He said, “I think that if I join them under one imam, it would be ideal.” Then he implemented his idea by appointing Ubayy bin Ka‘b as the imam for tarãwi ḥ . Then he went to the mosque and saw the people were doing their nawãfil under one imam and he commented: “This is a good bid‘ah, innovation!” Al-Qas ṭ alãni, in his Irshãdu ’s-Sãri fi Shar ḥ Ṣ a ḥīḥ al-Bukhãri, says: “…he named it ‘bid‘ah’ because the Prophet (s.a.w.) had not introduced it for them nor was it done during the days of Abu Bakr, neither in the first night nor in this number…” 11
‘Ammãr asked Imam Ja‘far a ṣ - Ṣ ãdiq (a.s.) about doing the [nãfila] prayers in Ramadhan inside the masjid. The Imam (a.s.) said: When Amīru ’l - Mu’minīn (a.s.) came to Kufa, he commanded al - Ḥ asan bin ‘Ali (a.s.) to announce among the people: “So ṣ alãt in the month of Ramadhãn in masãjid in congregration.” So Ḥasan (a.s.) announced for Amīru ’l - Mu’minīn had ordered him. When people heard that, they cried out loud: “O ‘Umar; O ‘Umar.” [Expressing their protest by remember the name of ‘Umar.] So when he returned to his father, the latter asked him, “What was that cry?” He replied, “O Amīru ’l - Mu’minīn, the people were shouting, O ‘Umar, O ‘Umar.” So Amīru ’l - Mu’minīn said, “Tell them: do the prayers.” 12
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Example of the followers standing at an elevated level then the forward rows. 24
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