English translation
1447. Zaid bin Thābit narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sectioned off a small area in the Masjid,[1] and he would exit (his house) at night and pray in it. So the people started praying with his prayer (behind him), and they would come every night. One night, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ did not come out to them. So they coughed and raised their voices, and threw small pebbles at his door, until he came out in a state of anger. He ﷺ said: 'O people! Your actions (i.e., the prayer behind me) continued until I thought that it would become obligatory upon you. So I command you to pray in your houses, for indeed the best prayer that a person prays is the prayer in his house, except for the obligatory prayers.'" (Sahīh)