Narrated by Zaid ibn Thabit
Pray, O people, in your houses, for the best prayer of a man is in his house, except the obligatory prayer.
Sahih al-Bukhari 731, Sahih Muslim 781
What this hadith teaches
The obligatory prayers are for the masjid; the sunnah prayers are best at home, where they are more sincere.
Reference and grade
- Grade
- Sahih: agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim
- Narrator
- Zaid ibn Thabit
The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث
فَإِنَّ أَفْضَلَ الصَّلاَةِ صَلاَةُ الْمَرْءِ فِي بَيْتِهِ إِلاَّ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ
Arabic text of Sahih al-Bukhari 731, as given on sunnah.com.