Volume 1, Book 11, Number 616:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Once Iqama was pronounced a man came to the Prophet and detained him (from the prayer).
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 617:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is I was about to order for collecting fire-
wood (fuel) and then order Someone to pronounce the Adhan for the prayer and then order someone
to lead the prayer then I would go from behind and burn the houses of men who did not present
themselves for the (compulsory congregational) prayer. By Him, in Whose Hands my soul is, if any –
one of them had known that he would get a bone covered with good meat or two (small) pieces of
meat present in between two ribs, he would have turned up for the ‘Isha’ 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 604:
Narrated Malik:
We came to the Prophet and stayed with him for twenty days and nights. We were all young and
of about the same age. The Prophet was very kind and merciful. When he realized our longing for
our families, he asked about our homes and the people there and we told him. Then he asked us to go
back to our families and stay with them and teach them (the religion) and to order them to do good
things. He also mentioned some other things which I have (remembered or) forgotten. The Prophet
then added, “Pray as you have seen me praying and when it is the time for the prayer one of you
should pronounce the Adhan and the oldest of you should lead the prayer.
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Volume 1, Book 11, Number 605:
Narrated Nafi:
Once in a cold night, Ibn ‘Umar pronounced the Adhan for the prayer at ,Dajnan (the name of a
mountain) and then said, “Pray at your homes”, and informed us that Allah’s Apostle used to tell the
Mu’adhdin to pronounce Adhan and say, “Pray at your homes” at the end of the Adhan on a rainy or
a very cold night during the journey.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 606:
Narrated ‘Aun bin Abi Juhaifa:
My father said, “I saw Allah’s Apostle at a place called Al-Abtah. Bilal came and informed him
about the prayer and then came out with an Anza and planted it in front of Allah’s Apostle at Al-Ab –
tah and pronounced the Iqama.”
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 607:
Narrated ‘Aun bin Abi Juhaifa:
My father said, “I saw Bilal turning his face from side to side while pronouncing the Adhan for the
prayer.”