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Did Rasoolullah (s) pray it in Jama’at (congregation)?

عن عائشة أم المؤمنين رضي الله عنها أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى ذات ليلة في المسجد فصلى بصلاته ناس ثم صلى من القابلة فكثر الناس ثم اجتمعوا من الليلة الثالثة أو الرابعة فلم يخرج إليهم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فلما أصبح قال قد رأيت الذي صنعتم ولم يمنعني من الخروج إليكم إلا أني خشيت أن تفرض عليكم وذلك في رمضان

رواه البخاري:١١٢٩

The Mother of the Believers, ‘Aisha (r), narrates that the Messenger of Allah (s) once prayed at night in the masjid and a group of people prayed with him.  Then he prayed again the next night and the number of people praying with him increased.  They gathered again the third or fourth night but he did not come out to [pray with] them. When the Messenger of Allah (s) awoke in the morning, he said, “I saw what you did and nothing would have stopped me from coming out to [pray with] you, except that I feared it may be made obligatory upon you.” That was in Ramadan. (Bukhari, 1129)

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