It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that one night the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, delayed the ‘Isha prayer until a third of the night or nearly that time had passed. Then, when he, peace and blessings be upon him, came, there were few people and they were sitting in groups. So he, peace and blessings be upon him, became extremely angry and then said: If a man were to call these people in their locality towards a bone with meat or two hooves, they would surely accept his call. These people lag behind even from this prayer. Indeed, I have intended that I order a man to lead the prayer, and I go to those households who lag behind from this prayer and burn their houses along with them with fire.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Certainly, I have intended to order a man to lead the people in prayer, then to order (someone) to burn down the houses of those who do not pray with us, along with their inhabitants.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu’adh bin Anas al-Juhani, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: (There is) distance from Allah’s mercy, great distance, disbelief and hypocrisy, in the person who hears Allah’s caller giving the adhan for prayer and calling towards success, but does not accept his call (and does not come for congregational prayer).

Hazrat Nafi’ says: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave the call to prayer on a cold and windy night, and at the end of the adhan he said: Beware! Pray in your tents, beware! Pray in your tents, beware! Pray in your tents. Then he explained that when the night was cold or windy during travel, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would instruct the mu’adhdhin to also say: Beware! Pray in your tents.

(Second chain) They say: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave the call to prayer (adhan) at Dajnan (a place or mountain), then he announced: Pray in your tents. Then he narrated that when there was a cold or rainy night during travel, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would instruct the muezzin to give the adhan and then announce: Pray in your tents.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We set out on a journey with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), (along the way) it began to rain, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever wishes, may perform the prayer in his tent.

A muezzin of the Messenger (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the muezzin of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) announced on a rainy day: Beware! Perform the prayer in your tents.

Sayyiduna Naeem bin Nahham (may Allah be pleased with him) says: It was a cold day and I was lying in my wife's sheet, when the call to Fajr prayer began. I said: I wish the caller to prayer would also say: There is no blame upon the one who does not come (for prayer). And it happened just like that, and the muezzin of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said at the end of the call to prayer: There is no blame upon the one who does not come.

(Second chain of narration) He says: It was a cold night and I was lying in my quilt when I heard the Prophet Muhammad’s (peace and blessings be upon him) muezzin giving the call to prayer. I wished that the muezzin would say:“Pray in your tents.”(And it happened as such, for) when he reached“Hayya ‘ala al-falah,”he said:“Pray in your dwellings.”Then, when I inquired about these (additional) words, I found out that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) had instructed him to say so.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) on the day of Hunain, on a rainy day, said: Perform the prayer in your tents.