موطا امام مالك رواية ابن القاسم
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Ibn al-Qasim)
Discussion on Congregational Prayer
Virtue of Congregational Prayer
Hadith 97
11- مالك عن ابن شهاب عن سعيد بن المسيب عن أبى هريرة أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: ”صلاة الجماعة أفضل من صلاة أحدكم وحده بخمسة وعشرين جزءا.“
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 (25) degrees superior to your individual prayer."
Hadith 98
331- وبه: أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: ”يتعاقبون فيكم ملائكة بالليل وملائكة بالنهار ويجتمعون فى صلاة الفجر وصلاة العصر ثم يعرج الذين باتوا فيكم فيسألهم وهو أعلم بهم كيف تركتم عبادي فيقولون تركناهم وهم يصلون وآتيناهم وهم يصلون“.
And with this same chain (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: "Angels come and go among you by night and by day, and they gather at the Fajr prayer and the Asr prayer. Then those who have spent the night among you ascend (in the morning), and (Allah the Exalted) asks them, though He knows best about them: 'In what state did you leave My servants?' They say: 'We left them while they were praying, and when we came to them, they were praying as well.'"
Hadith 99
476- مالك عن هشام بن عروة عن أبيه عن حمران مولى عثمان بن عفان أن عثمان ابن عفان جلس على المقاعد، فجاء المؤذن فآذنه لصلاة العصر فدعا بماء فتوضأ، ثم قال: والله، لأحدثنكم حديثا لولا آية فى كتاب الله ما حدثتكموه، ثم قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: ”ما من امرئ يتوضأ فيحسن وضوءه ثم يصلي الصلاة إلا غفر له ما بينه وبين الصلاة ألأخرى حتى يصليها“. قال مالك: أراه يريد هذه الآية {وأقم الصلاة طرفي النهار وزلفا من الليل إن الحسنات يذهبن السيئات ذلك ذكرى للذاكرين}.
It is narrated from Humran, the freed slave of Sayyiduna Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), that Sayyiduna Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting on an elevated seat when the muezzin came and informed him of the Asr prayer. Then he asked for water and performed ablution, then said: By Allah! I will tell you a hadith; if it were not for an ayah from the Book of Allah, I would never have told it to you. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Whoever performs ablution well and then offers prayer, the sins committed between that prayer and the next are forgiven.
Imam Malik said: I think this ayah is meant «وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ ۚ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ذِكْرَىٰ لِلذَّاكِرِينَ» [ھود: ١١٤] "And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember."
Imam Malik said: I think this ayah is meant «وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ ۚ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ذِكْرَىٰ لِلذَّاكِرِينَ» [ھود: ١١٤] "And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember."
Hadith 100
197- وبه: أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: ”صلاة الجماعة تفضل صلاة الفذ بسبع وعشرين درجة .“
And with this chain (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The prayer in congregation is twenty-seven times superior to the prayer offered alone."
