The Prophet ﷺ took a room made of date palm leaves mats in the mosque. Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed in it for a few nights till the people gathered (to pray the night prayer (Tarawih) (behind him.) Then on the 4th night the people did not hear his voice and they thought he had slept, so some of them started humming in order that he might come out. The Prophet ﷺ then said, "You continued doing what I saw you doing till I was afraid that this (Tarawih prayer) might be enjoined on you, and if it were enjoined on you, you would not continue performing it. Therefore, O people! Perform your prayers at your homes, for the best prayer of a person is what is performed at his home except the compulsory congregational) prayer." (See Hadith No. 229,Vol. 3) (See Hadith No. 134, Vol. 8) (Using translation from Bukhārī 7290)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ اتَّخَذَ حُجْرَةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ حَصِيرٍ فَصَلَّى فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ نَاسٌ ثُمَّ فَقَدُوا صَوْتَهُ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ قَدْ نَامَ فَجَعَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ يَتَنَحْنَحُ لِيَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ مَا زَالَ بِكُمُ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ مِنْ صَنِيعِكُمْ حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَوْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَا قُمْتُمْ بِهِ فَصَلُّوا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ فَإِنَّ أَفْضَلَ صَلَاةِ الْمَرْءِ فِي بَيْتِهِ إِلَّا الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ  

O people, perform such acts as you are capable of doing, for Allah does not grow weary but you will get tired. The acts most pleasing to Allah are those which are done continuously, even if they are small. And it was the habit of the members of Muhammad's ﷺ household that whenever they did an act they did it continuously. (Using translation from Muslim 782a)   

كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَصِيرٌ فَكَانَ يَحْتَجِرُهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَيُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاتِهِ وَيُبْسَطُ بِالنَّهَارِ فَثَابُوا ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْأَعْمَالِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَمَلُّ حَتَّى تَمَلُّوا فَإِنَّ أَحَبَّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللهِ مَا دُووِِمَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ قَلَّ وَكَانَ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ إِذَا عَمِلُوا عَمَلًا أَثْبَتُوهُ  

The Prophet ﷺ used to construct a loom with a Hasir at night m order to pray therein, and during the day he used to spread it out and sit on it. The people started coming to the Prophet ﷺ at night to offer the prayer behind him When their number increased, the Prophet ﷺ faced them and said. O people! Do only those good deeds which you can do, for Allah does not get tired (of giving reward) till you get tired, and the best deeds to Allah are the incessant ones though they were few. (Using translation from Bukhārī 5861)   

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَحْتَجِرُ حَصِيرًا بِاللَّيْلِ فَيُصَلِّي وَيَبْسُطُهُ بِالنَّهَارِ فَيَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَتْ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَثُوبُونَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَيُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاتِهِ حَتَّى كَثُرُوا فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ خُذُوا مِنَ الْأَعْمَالِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَا يَمَلُّ حَتَّى تَمَلُّوا وَإِنَّ أَحَبَّ الْأَعْمَالِ إِلَى اللهِ مَا دَامَ مِنْهَا وَإِنْ قَلَّ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah would pray in his room, and the wall of his room was short. So the people saw the Messenger of Allah and some of them began to offer prayers following his prayer. This continued for two or three nights until the Messenger of Allah sat down and did not come out. When morning came, the people mentioned this and he said, "I feared that the night prayer would become obligatory for you because of the words of Abu Amr."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي حُجْرَتِهِ وَجِدَارُ الْحُجْرَةِ قَصِيرٌ فَرَأَى النَّاسُ شَخَصَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَامَ نَاسٌ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاتِهِ فَأَصْبَحُوا فَتَحَدَّثُوا فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فَقَامَ نَاسٌ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاتِهِ فَصَنَعُوا ذَلِكَ لَيْلَتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ جَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي خِفْتُ أَنْ تُكْتَبَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو  

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ offered the prayer in his apartment and people were following him behind apartment. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1126)   

صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي حُجْرَتِهِ وَالنَّاسُ يَأْتَمُّونَ بِهِ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحُجْرَةِ يُصَلُّونَ بِصَلَاتِهِ  

[Machine] The passage translates to: "That the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to pray during the night in his room and some of his companions came to him, so they prayed with his prayer. He calmed down and entered the house, then came out and did that repeatedly, all of that he would pray and then leave and enter. When morning came, they said, 'O Messenger of Allah, we prayed with you last night and we want you to prolong your prayer.' He said, 'I knew that you were there intentionally, so I did that.'"  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُصَلِّي ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فِي حُجْرَتِهِ فَأَتَاهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَصَلُّوا بِصَلَاتِهِ فَخَفَّفَ فَدَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مِرَارًا كُلَّ ذَلِكَ يُصَلِّي ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُ وَيَدْخُلُ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّيْنَا مَعَكَ الْبَارِحَةَ وَنَحْنُ نُحِبُّ أَنْ تَمُدَّ فِي صَلَاتِكَ فَقَالَ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ بِمَكَانِكُمْ عَمْدًا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ  

[Machine] "To listen to them."  

أَنْ نَبْعَجَهُمْ  

[Machine] There is no problem with praying in the spaciousness of the mosque and the courtyard with the prayer of the imam.  

لَا بَأْسَ بِالصَّلَاةِ فِي رَحَبَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ وَالْبَلَاطِ بِصَلَاةِ الْإِمَامِ  

[Machine] I used to pray, Abu Huraira and I, on top of the mosque, praying the obligatory prayer with the imam.  

كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي أَنَا وَأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَوْقَ ظَهْرِ الْمَسْجِدِ نُصَلِّي بِصَلَاةِ الْإِمَامِ لِلْمَكْتُوبَةِ  

[Machine] He saw Abu Huraira praying on the back of the mosque with the prayer of the imam in the mosque.  

أَنَّهُ رَأَى أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يُصَلِّي فَوْقَ ظَهْرِ الْمَسْجِدِ بِصَلَاةِ الْإِمَامِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ