Hadith 649
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Prayer along with the Imam is twenty-five times more excellent than prayer said by a single person.
Hadith 883
حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
غُنْدَرٌ ، عَنْ
ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي
عُمَرُ بْنُ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخُوَارِ ، أَنَّ نَافِعَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ أَرْسَلَهُ إِلَى
السَّائِبِ ابْنِ أُخْتِ نَمِرٍ ، يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ رَآهُ مِنْهُ
مُعَاوِيَةُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ ، فَقَالَ " نَعَمْ ، صَلَّيْتُ مَعَهُ الْجُمُعَةَ فِي الْمَقْصُورَةِ ، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ الْإِمَامُ قُمْتُ فِي مَقَامِي فَصَلَّيْتُ " ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ ، فَقَالَ : " لَا تَعُدْ لِمَا فَعَلْتَ ، إِذَا صَلَّيْتَ الْجُمُعَةَ فَلَا تَصِلْهَا بِصَلَاةٍ حَتَّى تَكَلَّمَ أَوْ تَخْرُجَ ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَنَا بِذَلِكَ أَنْ لَا تُوصَلَ صَلَاةٌ بِصَلَاةٍ حَتَّى نَتَكَلَّمَ أَوْ نَخْرُجَ " .
'Umar bin 'Ata' bin Abu Khuwar said that Nafi' bin Jubair sent him to al- Sa'ib the son of Namir's sister with a view to asking him about what he had seen in the prayer of Mu'awiyah. He said: Yes, I observed the Jumu'a prayer along with him in Maqsura and when the Imam pronounced salutation I stood up at my place and observed (Sunan rak'ahs). As he entered (the apartment) he sent for me and said: Do not repeat what you have done. Whenever you have observed the Jumu'a prayer, do not observe (Sunan prayer) till you, have talked or got out for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had ordered us to do this and not to combine two (types of) prayers without talking or going out.
Hadith 883
The same hadith is narrated on the authority of 'Umar bin Ata' but with this modification: When he (the Imam) pronounced salutation I stood up at my place. No mention was made of the Imam in it.