Volume 1, Book 11, Number 629:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Allah will give shade, to seven, on the Day when there will be no shade but His.
(These seven persons are) a just ruler, a youth who has been brought up in the worship of Allah (i.e.
worships Allah sincerely from childhood), a man whose heart is attached to the mosques (i.e. to pray
the compulsory prayers in the mosque in congregation), two persons who love each other only for
Allah’s sake and they meet and part in Allah’s cause only, a man who refuses the call of a charming
woman of noble birth for illicit intercourse with her and says: I am afraid of Allah, a man who gives
charitable gifts so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given (i.e.
nobody knows how much he has given in charity), and a person who remembers Allah in seclusion
and his eyes are then flooded with tears.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 630:
Narrated Humaid:
Anas was asked, “Did Allah’s Apostle wear a ring?” He said, “Yes. Once he delayed the ‘Isha’ prayer
till mid-night and after the prayer, he faced us and said, ‘The people prayed and have slept and you
remained in prayer as long as you waited for it.’ ” Anas added, “As if I were just now observing the
glitter of his ring.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 631:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Allah will prepare for him who goes to the mosque (every) morning and in the
afternoon (for the congregational prayer) an honorable place in Paradise with good hospitality for
(what he has done) every morning and afternoon goings.
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 632:
Narrated Malik Ibn Buhaina:
Allah’s Apostle passed by a man praying two Rakat after the Iqama (had been pronounced). When
Allah’s Apostle completed the prayer, the people gathered around him (the Prophet) or that man and
Allah’s Apostle said to him (protesting), Are there four Rakat in Fajr prayer? Are there four Rakat in
Fajr prayer?”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 618:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Umar:
Allah’s Apostle said, “The prayer in congregation is twenty seven times superior to the prayer
offered by person alone.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 619:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said, “The prayer in congregation is twenty five times superior to the prayer offered
by person alone.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 620:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “The reward of the prayer offered by a person in congregation is twenty five
times greater than that of the prayer offered in one’s house or in the market (alone). And this is be –
cause if he performs ablution and does it perfectly and then proceeds to the mosque with the sole in –
tention of praying, then for every step he takes towards the mosque, he is upgraded one degree in re –
ward and his one sin is taken off (crossed out) from his accounts (of deeds). When he offers his pray –
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er, the angels keep on asking Allah’s Blessings and Allah’s forgiveness for him as long as he is (stay –
ing) at his Musalla. They say, ‘O Allah! Bestow Your blessings upon him, be Merciful and kind to
him.’ And one is regarded in prayer as long as one is waiting for the prayer.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 621:
Narrated Abu Salama bin ‘Abdur Rahman:
Abu Huraira said, “I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, ‘The reward of a prayer in congregation is
twenty five times greater than that of a prayer offered by a person alone. The angels of the night and
the angels of the day gather at the time of Fajr prayer.’ ” Abu Huraira then added, “Recite the Holy
Book if you wish, for “Indeed, the recitation of the Qur’an in the early dawn (Fajr prayer) is ever wit –
nessed.” (17.18).
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar: The reward of the congregational prayer is twenty seven times
greater (than that of the prayer offered by a person alone).