Hadith 19739

Chapter 42

باب 42

(42) باب فَضْلِ صَلاَةِ الجَمَاعَةِ وَبَيَانِ التَّشْدِيدِ فِي التَّخَلُّفِ عَنْهَا

(42) Chapter: The virtue of prayer in congregation, and clarifying the stern warning against staying away from it, and that it is fard kifayah (FR)
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حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " صَلاَةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْفَذِّ بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً " .

Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) assaying:
Prayer said in a congregation is twenty-seven degrees more excellent than prayer said by a single person. (FR)

Reference (FR): Sahih Muslim 650 a (FR)

In-book reference (FR): Book 5, Hadith 313 (FR)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 1365 (FR)