8/11. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1448 — Do Not Make Homes Like Graves
The Virtue Of Offering Voluntary Prayers At Home
Pray Some Salah at Home: Do Not Make Houses Like Graves
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1448
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1448
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا نَافِعٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " اجْعَلُوا فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ مِنْ صَلاَتِكُمْ وَلاَ تَتَّخِذُوهَا قُبُورًا " .
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
Ibn 'Umar reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Some offer prayer in your houses; do not make them graves.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1448In-book reference : Book 8, Hadith 33English translation : Book 8, Hadith 1443
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1448
This Hadith about prayer at home is short and easy to remember. Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said to make some of your prayers in your houses and not to take them as graves. The meaning stays close to the wording: a Muslim home should not be empty of Salah. The Hadith does not say to leave the obligatory prayers, and nearby reports explain the exception of required prayers. Here the focus is on keeping worship present inside the home. For people searching “do not make your houses graves hadith,” this narration gives a direct reminder that prayer brings spiritual life into the house.
What we learn from this hadith
- A Muslim home should have some prayer in it.
- The Prophet warned against making houses like graves.
- The Hadith encourages private worship at home.
- The wording is short, direct, and easy to act on.
