Hadith 650 a
Sahih Muslim
The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer · The virtue of prayer in congregation, and clarifying the stern warning against staying away from it, and that it is fard kifayah
Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " صَلاَةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْفَذِّ بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً " .
English translation
Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) assaying: Prayer said in a congregation is twenty-seven degrees more excellent than prayer said by a single person.
Grade as stored: Sahih
Narrator chain
- يحيى بن يحيى النيسابوري · first↓
- مالك بن أنس الأصبحي · chain↓
- نافع مولى ابن عمر · chain↓
- عبد الله بن عمر العدوي · sahabi