The Virtue OfPrayer In Congregation
Darussalam · Volume 1
5. The Book Of ṢalâhSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 486 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 241
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صحيح، ابن ماجة (٧٨٧)
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487. It was narrated from Abū Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Prayer in congregation is twenty-five times more virtuous than the prayer of any one of you offered on his own. The angels of the night and the day meet at Fajr prayer. Recite if you wish: Verily, the recitation of the Qurʾān in the early dawn is ever witnessed..."[1] (Ṣahīh)
486 - أَخْبَرَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " تَفْضُلُ صَلَاةُ الْجَمْعِ عَلَى صَلَاةِ أَحَدِكُمْ وَحْدَهُ بِخَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جُزْءًا، وَيَجْتَمِعُ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَاقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ {وَقُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ إِنَّ قُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا} [الإسراء: 78] "
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"Twenty-five fold" - because in order to offer prayer in congregation, one has to perform several righteous deeds - such as setting out from the home with the intention of offering the prayer, taking steps toward the mosque, supplicating while walking toward the mosque, exchanging greeting with people on the way, asking after the health of the ill, keeping the path clean, showing the way to strangers, aiding the helpless, inquiring after the health and wellbeing of fellow praying persons, and assisting them during difficult times.