The ruling on designating homes specifically for prayer and dhikr

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Question:
He was asked about the meaning of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) saying, “Do not make your homes like graves.” He answered: As for the wording of the hadith,

Do some of the prayers in your houses.

اجعلوا من صلاتكم في بيوتكم

Muwatta Malik 9:81

and if you do not remember Allah in them, you are like the dead, and they are like graves. It is in the Sahih that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,

He said: “The one who remembers his Lord and the one who does not remember his Lord are like the living and the dead.” In another wording: “The house in which Allah is remembered and the house in which Allah is not remembered are like the living and the dead.”

قال مثل الذي يذكر ربه والذي لا يذكر ربه كمثل الحي والميت، وفي لفظ مثل البيت الذي يذكر الله فيه والذي لا يذكر الله فيه مثل الحي والميت،

Answer:
This shows that a believer should have a share of his prayer and recitation in his home. For this reason, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Observe some of your prayers in your houses and do not make them graves.

اجعلوا من صلاتكم في بيوتكم ولا تتخذوها قبورا

Sahih Muslim 777a

Because graves are not places where one prays or where one makes a place for recitation. So what is prescribed for the believer is that his home should have a share of the voluntary prayers, of his recitation. He prays the Duha prayer at home, he prays the voluntary prayers, he performs the Tahajjud prayer at home, and he recites a lot in his home. Yes.

Source أجزاء من مجموع فتاوى ابن تيمية بتعليق ابن باز، بداية من : وسئل رحمه الله : هل تقضى السنن الرواتب ؟ — islamhouse.com (9:49)

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