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The Virtue Of Prayer In Congregation

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الحديث: 786 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 258

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786. It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'A man's prayer in congregation is twenty-some levels higher than his prayer in his house or in the marketplace.'" (Sahih) [1] Yā-Sin 36:12.

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786 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ، تَزِيدُ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَصَلَاتِهِ فِي سُوقِهِ بِضْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً»

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a. The timespan allowed to us to act in this world is very limited. It is Allāh's special favor that He bestows great reward over some of our good deeds. We must take advantage of this act of mercy and try to be regular in attending the congregational prayers, in order to win greater reward from Allāh. b. The Arabic expression Bid' (over Ishrin, i.e., twenty) used in the Hadith means any number between three to nine. Its precise definition appears in the ensuing Ahādīth that contain the words 'twenty-five times' and 'twenty-seven times'. c. The numbers mentioned in the Ahādīth mean the upper limit of reward for the specified acts. Thus, if the level of submissiveness, devotion, and tranquility on the part of the devotee is less, the reward will also be less.