Ruling on Designating a Specific Night for Night Prayer

Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. The listener is Abdullah Abd al-Latif Abd al-Fattah from the Arab Republic of Egypt, residing in Riyadh. He sent a question saying: We have a group of young men who perform the night prayer in the mosque on Friday nights, and they are consistent in doing so. I told them that designating Friday night specifically for the night prayer is not permissible. They replied that they do not intend to single it out, but rather the intention is to train themselves in night prayer or to encourage some of the young men to stand in night prayer. Please issue a ruling for us, may you be rewarded. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Standing in night prayer is recommended (mustahabb) and is among the best of voluntary acts, but committing to a congregation for it, or forming a congregation for it on a specific night like Friday night, is among the religious innovations (bid'ah) for which . Therefore, it is not permissible to commit to a congregation for the night prayer, or to designate Friday night for standing in prayer in the mosque or in congregation. All of this is among the religious innovations. A man’s prayer in his home is better than his prayer in the mosque; that is, his voluntary prayer in his home is better than his voluntary prayer in the mosque, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
As for the obligatory prayers, it is obligatory that they be performed in the mosques. As for the voluntary prayers, it is better that they be performed in the homes. This is for two reasons: first, to fill the homes with obedience to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and to drive the devils out of them; and second, because prayer in the home is closer to sincerity, closer to sincerity and further from showing off (riya'). Yes.