مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 21632
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا مَكِّيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي النَّضْرِ، عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ: احْتَجَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ حُجْرَةً، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، فَيُصَلِّي فِيهَا، فَصَلَّوْا مَعَهُ بِصَلَاتِهِ، يَعْنِي رِجَالًا، وَكَانُوا يَأْتُونَهُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ لَيْلَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيَالِي، لَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَتَنَحْنَحُوا وَرَفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَهُمْ، قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُغْضَبًا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: "أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، مَا زَالَ بِكُمْ صَنِيعُكُمْ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنْ سَيُكْتَبُ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالصَّلَاةِ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ، فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ صَلَاةِ الْمَرْءِ فِي بَيْتِهِ إِلَّا الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ " (٢)، ،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) made a tent out of a mat in the mosque and prayed in it for several nights, until people also began to gather. After a few days, the voice of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) was not heard, so people thought that perhaps the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) had fallen asleep. Therefore, some people went near and started coughing so that the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) would come out. The Holy Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I was continuously observing your action until I feared that this prayer (Tahajjud) might become obligatory upon you, because if this prayer becomes obligatory upon you, you will not be able to adhere to it. Therefore, O people! Pray in your homes, for apart from the obligatory prayers, praying other prayers at home is the best for a person."
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This is Hadith 21632 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 948, Hadith of Zayd ibn Thabit from the Prophet (peace be upon him), as in-book entry 57.
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مسند احمد / مسند الأنصار رضي الله عنهم / 21632
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