Narrated `Abdullah bin Al-Harith: Ibn `Abbas addressed us on a (rainy and) muddy day and when the Mu'adh-dhin said, Come for the prayer Ibn `Abbas ordered him to say, Pray in your homes. The people began to look at one another with surprise as if they did not like it. Ibn `Abbas said, It seems that you thought ill of it but no doubt it was done by one who was better than I (i.e. the Prophet). It (the prayer) is a strict order and I disliked to bring you out. Ibn `Abbas narrated the same as above but he said, I did not like you to make you sinful (in refraining from coming to the mosque) and to come (to the mosque) covered with mud up to the knees.