(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) قَالَ: صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْفَجْرَ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قَالَ: ((شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟)) فَسَكَتَ الْقَوْمُ، قَالُوا نَعَمْ، وَلَمْ يَحْضُرْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((إِنَّ أَثْقَلَ الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ صَلَاةُ الْعِشَاءِ وَالْفَجْرِ (فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ وَفِيهِ) إِنَّ صَلَاتَكَ مَعَ رَجُلَيْنِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِكَ مَعَ رَجُلٍ، وَصَلَاتُكَ مَعَ رَجُلٍ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِكَ وَحْدَكَ، وَمَا كَثُرَ فَهُوَ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى))
(Second chain) They said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, led the Fajr prayer. When he finished the prayer, he asked: Is such-and-such person present? The people remained silent, then some said: No, he is not present. Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Indeed, the Fajr and Isha prayers are the heaviest upon the hypocrites, (then he mentioned things similar to the previous narration), and he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Indeed, the prayer you perform with two men is purer than the prayer you perform with one man, and the prayer you perform with one man is purer than the prayer you perform alone, and the more people there are, the more beloved it is to Allah.