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The Virtue Of Praying In Congregation

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)

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الحديث: 554 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 151

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554. Ubayy bin Ka'b narrated: "One day, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ led us in the Subh prayer, then asked: 'Is so-and-so present?' They replied: 'No.' He then asked: 'Is so-and-so present?' They replied: 'No.' Then he said: 'These two prayers are the most difficult prayers for the hypocrites. And if you only knew what (reward) was in them, you would have definitely come to them, even if you had to crawl on your knees. And the first row is similar to the row of angels, and if you only knew its blessings you would race one another to it. A person praying with another person is purer than praying alone, and praying with two people is purer than praying with one person, and the more (the people), the more beloved it is to Allāh.” (Sahih)

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554 - حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ: صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا الصُّبْحَ، فَقَالَ: أَشَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ، قَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: أَشَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ، قَالُوا: لَا، قَالَ: «إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ أَثْقَلُ الصَّلَوَاتِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ، وَلَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِيهِمَا لَأَتَيْتُمُوهُمَا، وَلَوْ حَبْوًا عَلَى الرُّكَبِ وَإِنَّ الصَّفَّ الْأَوَّلَ عَلَى مِثْلِ صَفِّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَلَوْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَا فَضِيلَتُهُ لَابْتَدَرْتُمُوهُ، وَإِنَّ صَلَاةَ الرَّجُلِ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ، وَصَلَاتُهُ مَعَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ، وَمَا كَثُرَ فَهُوَ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى»

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