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844. Ubayy bin Ka'b said: “One day the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ prayed Fajr, then he said: ‘Did so-and-so attend the prayer?’ They said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘(What about) so-and-so?’ They said: ‘No.’ He said: “These two prayers are the most burdensome for the hypocrites. If they knew what (virtue) there is in them, they would come, even if they had to crawl. And
the virtue of the first row is like that of the row of the angels. If you knew its virtue, you would compete for it. A man's prayer with another man is greater in reward than his prayer alone. And a man's prayer with two other men is greater in reward than his prayer with one other man; the more people there are, the more beloved that is to Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime.” (Hasan)
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Commentary
Since the obligatory prayer is an essential and abiding component of the Islamic way of life, togetherness in it is necessary. Performance of prayer in congregation is its requisite. A solitary person easily falls prey to the snares of Satan, while the person in company remains safe.
