الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الجماعةChapters on Congregational Prayer
بَابُ مَا وَرَدَ فِي فَضْلِهَا
Chapter on What Is Reported Regarding Its Virtue
Hadith 2440
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ تَزِيدُ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَصَلَاتِهِ فِي سُوقِهِ بِضْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ لَا يُرِيدُ إِلَّا الصَّلَاةَ، لَا يَنْهَزُهُ إِلَّا الصَّلَاةُ لَمْ يَخْطُ خَطْوَةً إِلَّا رُفِعَ لَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةٌ وَحُطَّ بِهَا عَنْهُ خَطِيئَةٌ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ الْمَسْجِدَ، فَإِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ كَانَ فِي صَلَاةٍ مَا كَانَتِ الصَّلَاةُ هِيَ تَحْبِسُهُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمْ مَادَامَ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ الَّذِي صَلَّى فِيهِ يَقُولُونَ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ، اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ، اللَّهُمَّ تُبْ عَلَيْهِ، مَالَمْ يُؤْذِ فِيهِ، مَالَمْ يُحْدِثْ فِيهِ))
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A man's prayer with the congregation is twenty-five or twenty-six times greater than his prayer at home or in the market. And that is because when one of you performs ablution and does it well, then comes to the mosque with no other intention except to perform prayer, and the only thing that brings him out is the prayer, then for every step he takes, one rank is raised for him and one sin is erased, until he enters the mosque. When he enters the mosque, he remains in prayer as long as the prayer keeps him in the mosque, and as long as a person remains in the place where he performed the prayer, the angels pray for him, saying: O Allah! Forgive him, O Allah! Have mercy on him, O Allah! Accept his repentance. (This supplication continues) as long as he does not harm anyone or as long as he does not lose his ablution.
Hadith 2441
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ) رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَلْقَى اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ غَدًا مُسْلِمًا فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى هَٰؤُلَاءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْمَكْتُوبَاتِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ شَرَعَ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ سُنَنَ الْهُدَى، وَمَا مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا وَلَهُ مَسْجِدٌ فِي بَيْتِهِ، وَلَوْ صَلَّيْتُمْ فِي بُيُوتِكُمْ كَمَا يُصَلِّي هَٰذَا الْمُتَخَلِّفُ فِي بَيْتِهِ لَتَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ، وَلَوْ تَرَكْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ لَضَلَلْتُمْ، وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَمَا يَتَخَلَّلُ عَنْهَا إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ مَعْلُومٌ نِفَاقُهُ، وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يُهَادَى بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ حَتَّى يُقَامَ فِي الصَّفِّ، وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَيُحْسِنُ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي مَسْجِدًا مِنَ الْمَسَاجِدِ، فَيَخْطُو خَطْوَةً إِلَّا رُفِعَ بِهَا دَرَجَةٌ أَوْ حُطَّ بِهَا عَنْهُ خَطِيئَةٌ وَكُتِبَتْ لَهُ بِهَا حَسَنَةٌ، حَتَّى أَنَّ كُنَّا لَنُقَارِبُ بَيْنَ الْخُطَا وَإِنْ فَضْلَ صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ بِخَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً))
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Whoever is pleased with the idea that tomorrow he meets Allah Almighty as a Muslim, then he should guard the obligatory prayers at the place where they are called for, because these are among the ways of guidance, and indeed Allah has prescribed ways of guidance for His Prophet. Each one of you should have a mosque in his house, and if you start praying in your houses, as this one who stays behind prays in his house, then you will have abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet, and if you abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet, you will go astray. I have seen that only he would stay behind from the prayer whose hypocrisy was evident, and I have seen that a man would be brought (to the mosque) supported by two men, until he was made to stand in the row. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever performs ablution and performs it well, then comes to the mosque, for every step he takes, one rank is raised for him, or one sin is erased, and one good deed is written for him. (Our situation was such that when we would come to the mosque) we would take short steps (so that due to the abundance of steps, the rewards would increase), and indeed the prayer performed in congregation is twenty-five times more virtuous than the prayer performed alone.
Hadith 2442
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((تَفْضُلُ الصَّلَاةُ فِي الْجَمِيعِ صَلَاةَ الرَّجُلِ وَحْدَهُ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ وَيَجْتَمِعُ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ وَمَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ))، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ: اقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ {وَقُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ إِنَّ قُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا}
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The prayer performed in congregation is twenty-five times more virtuous than the prayer performed alone, and the angels of the day and night gather at the Fajr prayer. Then Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: If you wish, recite this verse: {وَقُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ اِنَّ قُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ کَانَ مَشْہُودًا} That is: And the recitation of Fajr; surely the recitation of Fajr is witnessed.
Hadith 2443
(وَعَنْهُ أَيْضًا) أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ إِذَا شَهِدَ الصَّلَاةَ مَعِي كَانَتْ لَهُ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ شَاةٍ سَمِينَةٍ أَوْ شَاتَيْنِ لَفَعَلَ، فَمَا يُصِيبُ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ أَفْضَلُ))
It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: If any one of you knew that when he attends the prayer with me, this prayer would be better for him than one or two fat sheep, then he would surely attend. (Remember that in this prayer) the reward he will receive is even greater than that.
Hadith 2444
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((صَلَاةٌ فِي الْجَمِيعِ تَزِيدُ عَلَى صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ وَحْدَهُ سَبْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The congregational prayer of a man is twenty-seven times more superior than his prayer alone.
Hadith 2445
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((صَلَاةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ تَفْضُلُ صَلَاةَ أَحَدِكُمْ بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً))
(Second chain) They say that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The prayer in congregation is twenty-seven times more virtuous than the prayer of any one of you alone.
Hadith 2446
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((تَفْضُلُ صَلَاةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ عَلَى الْوَحْدَةِ سَبْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً أَوْ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The congregational prayer has twenty-seven or twenty-five degrees more excellence than the prayer performed alone.
Hadith 2447
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((فُضِّلَتِ الْجَمَاعَةُ عَلَى صَلَاةِ الْفَذِّ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ))
It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Congregational prayer is given twenty-five times more excellence than the prayer of an individual.
Hadith 2448
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((فَضْلُ صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ بِضْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ دَرَجَةً))
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The prayer of a man in congregation is twenty-five to twenty-six times more virtuous than his prayer alone.
Hadith 2449
(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: صَلَاةُ الْجَمْعِ تَفْضُلُ عَلَى صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ وَحْدَهُ خَمْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ ضِعْفًا كُلُّهَا مِثْلُ صَلَاتِهِ
(Second chain) Verily, the Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The prayer in congregation is twenty-five times more virtuous than the prayer performed alone; each of them is like the prayer of the one who prays alone.
Hadith 2450
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((صَلَاةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ أَحَدِكُمْ وَحْدَهُ بِخَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جَزْءًا))
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The prayer in congregation is twenty-five times more virtuous than the prayer of any one of you alone.
Hadith 2451
(وَعَنْهُ أَيْضًا) أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((مَنْ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ وَضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ رَاحَ فَوَجَدَ النَّاسَ قَدْ صَلَّوْا أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ مِثْلَ أَجْرِ مَنْ صَلَّاهَا أَوْ حَضَرَهَا لَا يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ شَيْئًا))
It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Whoever performs ablution well and completely, then goes to the mosque, but finds that the people have already performed the prayer, Allah will grant him a reward equal to that of those who were present at that prayer, while their reward will not be diminished in the least.
