Hadith 7157

Chapter 16

باب 16

(16) باب فَضْلِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ

(16) Chapter: The Virtue Of Prayer In Congregation (IT)
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، رُسْتَهْ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " صَلاَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ تَفْضُلُ عَلَى صَلاَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَحْدَهُ بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً " .

It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said:
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The prayer of a man in congregation is twenty-seven levels more virtuous than a man's prayer on his own.'" (IT)

Reference (IT): Sunan Ibn Majah 789 (IT)

In-book reference (IT): Book 4, Hadith 55 (IT)

English translation (IT): Vol. 1, Book 4, Hadith 789 (IT)