He asked the Prophet ﷺ, "Messenger of Allah, I am a man with poor eyesight, my house is far away, and the guide I have does not suit me. Is there a concession allowing me to pray at home?"The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Do you hear the call to prayer?"He replied, "Yes."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then I find no concession for you."
أنه سأل النبي ﷺ فقال: يا رسول الله! إني رجل ضرير البصر، شاسع الدار، ولي قائد لا يلائمني. فهل لي رخصة أن أصلي في بيتي؟ قال: هل تسمع النداء؟ قال: نعم، قال: لا أجد لك رخصة.
Reported by Abu Dawud (552) and Ibn Majah (792), both through the route of Asim bin Bahdala, from Abu Razeen, from Ibn Umm Maktum, who mentioned it. Its chain is hasan. Abu Razeen is Masud bin Malik Asadi, a trustworthy and virtuous narrator among the men of Muslim. Asim bin Bahdala is "truthful, has some lapses, and is an authority in recitation." This hadith was also reported by Ibn Khuzayma (1480) and Hakim (1/247) through the route of Asim in the same manner.It was also reported by Abu Dawud (553) and Nasai (852) through the route of Sufyan, from Abdul-Rahman bin Aabis, from Abdul-Rahman bin Abu Layla, from Ibn Umm Maktum, who said, "O Messenger of Allah, Madinah has many vermin and predators." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you hear 'Come to prayer, come to success'?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Then come, come." And he did not grant him a concession. Abu Dawud said, Qasim Jarmi likewise reported it from Sufyan, but his version does not contain "come, come," and its chain is sahih. Ibn Khuzayma (1478) graded it sahih after reporting it through the route of Sufyan in the same manner.It was also reported by Hakim (1/246-247) through the route of Sufyan, except that he omitted "Abdul-Rahman bin Abu Layla," and he said, "sahih in chain if Ibn Aabis heard from Ibn Umm Maktum." I say, I have not found anyone who explicitly stated that Abdul-Rahman bin Aabis heard from Ibn Umm Maktum.It was also reported, with this wording being his, by Hakim himself, as well as by Imam Ahmad (15491) and Ibn Khuzayma (1479), through routes from Husayn bin Abdul-Rahman, from Abdullah bin Shaddad, from Ibn Umm Maktum, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ considered the people few in number at the Isha prayer, and said, "I have thought to go to those who stay behind from this prayer and burn their houses down upon them." Ibn Umm Maktum stood up and said, "O Messenger of Allah, you know my condition, and I have no one to guide me." He said, "Do you hear the iqama?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Then attend it." He said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, between me and it there are palm trees and other trees, and I have no one to guide me." He said, "Do you hear the iqama?" He said, "Yes." He said, "Then attend it," and he did not grant him a concession. Hakim said, its chain is sahih.As for what was narrated from Ibn Abbas in marfu form, "Whoever hears the call and does not come to it, his prayer is invalid except with an excuse," the correct view is that it is either daif or mawquf. It was reported by Abu Dawud (551), Ibn Majah (793), Ibn Hibban (2064), Hakim (1/245), and Bayhaqi (3/57), all through the route of Adi bin Thabit, from Saeed bin Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, who mentioned it.There are two routes from Adi bin Thabit. The first is what Abu Janab reported from Maghraa Abdi from him. Abu Janab is Yahya bin Abu Haya Kalbi, who is daif, and Maghraa Abdi has been criticized by Dhahabi and others. The second narration is what Hushaym bin Bashir reported from Shuba, from Adi bin Thabit, with his chain. Most of the companions of Shuba stopped it as mawquf on Ibn Abbas. Bukhari said in Tarikh al-Kabir (1/233), "Some of them raised it to marfu, but that is not correct." Its status as mawquf was graded sahih by Imam Ahmad, Bayhaqi, and others. For more, see Minna Kubra (2/20-21), where I also mentioned the hadith of Jabir bin Abdullah, "There is no prayer for the neighbor of the masjid except in the masjid," which is likewise daif.On this subject there are also narrations from Abu Musa, Ali bin Abu Talib, and others, and all of them are daif. See Sunan al-Kubra by Bayhaqi (3/57, 174).