Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 204 of 372
Desirability of offering Nawfil (Voluntary or Optional) Prayers at Home
The Book of Virtues – Chapter 204 : Ahadith 1128 – 1131
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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1128 Zaid bin Thabit (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “O people! perform your (voluntary) Salat (prayers) in your homes because the best Salat of a man is the one he performs at home, except the obligatory Salat.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1129 Ibn `Umar (radiyallahu anhuma) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “Observe part of the [Nawafil (voluntary)] Salat (prayers) in your homes. Do not turn your homes into graves.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1130 Jabir (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When you have finished your (Fard) Salat (prayer) in the mosque, you should observe some of your (Sunnah and Nawafil) Salat at home; Allah will bless your homes because of your Salat (in your homes).”[Muslim]
1131 `Umar bin `Ata reported that Nafi` bin Jubair sent him to Sa’ib bin Ukht Namir to ask him about something that Mu`awiyah had seen him doing in Salat (prayer). He said: “Yes, I performed the Friday prayer along with him in the enclosure (Maqsurah), and when the Imam concluded the Salat with Taslim, I stood up in my place and performed the Sunnah prayer. When Mu`awiyah went home, he sent for me (and when I came) he said: “Never do again what you have done. When you have observed the Friday prayer, you must not start another Sunnah prayer till you have spoken to some one or have shifted your place; because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered us not to follow up the congregational Salat with any other Salat until we have talked (to some one) or moved from the place.”[Muslim].