صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الصلاةBook of Prayer
باب الإمامة والجماعة - فصل في فضل الجماعة - ذكر فضل صلاة الجماعة على صلاة الفذ بخمس وعشرين درجة
Chapter on Leadership and Congregation - Section on the Virtue of Congregation - The virtue of congregational prayer over individual prayer by twenty-five degrees
Hadith 2051
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " فَضْلُ صَلاةِ الْجَمِيعِ عَلَى صَلاةِ الرَّجُلِ وَحْدَهُ خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ دَرَجَةً " . قَالَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : هَذَا الْخَبَرُ مِمَّا نَقُولُ فِي كُتُبِنَا بِأَنَّ الْعَرَبَ تَذْكُرُ الشَّيْءَ بِعَدَدٍ مَحْصُورٍ مَعْلُومٍ ، وَلا تُرِيدُ بِذِكْرِهَا ذَلِكَ الْعَدَدَ نَفْيًا عَمَّا وَرَاءَهُ ، وَلَمْ يُرِدْ بِقَوْلِهِ هَذَا أَنَّهُ لا يَكُونُ لِلْمُصَلِّي مِنَ الأَجْرِ بِصَلاتِهِ أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا وُصِفَ فِي خَبَرِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates this statement of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him: "Offering prayer in congregation has twenty-five times more virtue than a man offering prayer alone." (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) This is the narration about which we have already stated in our books that the Arabs sometimes mention something along with a specific limited number, but by mentioning this number, it is not meant that numbers other than this are negated. Therefore, from this statement of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, it is not meant that the worshipper does not receive more reward in his prayer than what is mentioned in the narration transmitted from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him.
