“Did so-and-so attend the prayer?

Ubay ibn Ka’b reported: One day the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed the dawn prayer and then he said, “Did so-and-so attend the prayer?” They said no. He said, “What about so-and-so?” They said no. He said, “These two prayers are the most burdensome for hypocrites. If they knew what was in them, they would come even if they had to crawl; and the virtue of the first row is like that of the row of angels. If you knew its virtue, you would compete for it. A man’s prayer with another man is better than his prayer alone; and a man’s prayer with two others is better than his prayer with one man; and the more people there are, the more beloved is it to Allah the Exalted.”

[Sunan Abu Dawud, Book of Prayer, Number 554, Hasan]

عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا الصُّبْحَ فَقَالَ أَشَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ أَشَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ أَثْقَلُ الصَّلَوَاتِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَلَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِيهِمَا لَأَتَيْتُمُوهُمَا وَلَوْ حَبْوًا عَلَى الرُّكَبِ وَإِنَّ الصَّفَّ الْأَوَّلَ عَلَى مِثْلِ صَفِّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَلَوْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَا فَضِيلَتُهُ لَابْتَدَرْتُمُوهُ وَإِنَّ صَلَاةَ الرَّجُلِ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ وَصَلَاتُهُ مَعَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ مَعَ الرَّجُلِ وَمَا كَثُرَ فَهُوَ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى

سنن أبي داود كتاب الصلاة باب في فضل صلاة الجماعة

 

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