Hadith 20000

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 عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " صَلاَةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلاَةِ أَحَدِكُمْ وَحْدَهُ بِخَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جُزْءًا " .

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Prayer said in a congregation is twenty-five degrees more excellent than prayer said by a single person. (FR)

Reference (FR): Sahih Muslim 649 a (FR)

In-book reference (FR): Book 5, Hadith 308 (FR)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 1360 (FR)