Mishkat al-Masabih #665
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The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اجْعَلُوا فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ مِنْ صَلَاتِكُمْ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوهَا قُبُورًا»
Ibn ‘Umar reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Perform some of your prayer in your houses, and do not turn them into graves.”*
* This is most probably a figurative expression indicating that a house in which prayer is not offered is like a grave, as God is not worshipped there.
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
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This hadith is #665 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Prayer.