Riyadh al-Salehin from the words of the Master of Messengers, may God bless him and grant him peace
Chapter on the virtue of congregational prayer
On the authority of Ibn Omar, may God be pleased with them both, that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
Congregational prayer is twenty-seven degrees better than individual prayer
Agreed
The feat is the one
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
A man’s prayer in congregation is weaker than his prayer in his home and in the market
Twenty-five times
This is because if he performs ablution, he does it well
Then he went out to the mosque
Only prayer can bring it out
He did not take a step without his rank being raised
And a sin was removed from him
So he prayed
The angels continued to pray over him as long as he was in a prayer place
What didn't happen
She says
Oh God, bless him
May God have mercy on him
He who waits for prayer is still in prayer
Agreed
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said
A blind man came to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace
He said, O Messenger of God
I have no leader to lead me to the mosque
He asked the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
That he is granted permission to pray at home
So he granted him permission
Why not?
He called him and told him
Do you hear the call to prayer?
He said yes
He said, “Answer.”
Narrated by Muslim
One of the benefits of talking
Congregational prayer is obligatory for everyone who is able to come to the mosque
Even if he is blind and has no leader to guide him
Discussing the situation when asked
The answer is right
And about Abdullah
It was said: Omar bin Qais
Known as Ibn Umm Maktoum, the muezzin, may God be pleased with him
He said
O Messenger of God
The city is full of vermin and wild animals
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
Listen to the prayer
Live on the farmer
Hello, welcome
Narrated by Abu Dawood
And the meaning of Hala neighborhood
Come on
Vermin
She is a groundhog
Like snakes and scorpions
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
By the One in whose hand is my soul
I was about to order firewood and he would fire it
Then I command the prayer and it is called for
Then I command a man to lead the people
Then I go to men
So he burned their houses on them
Agreed
One of the benefits of talking
Slandering those who neglect prayer
They are described as being keen on something contemptible, such as something that has been eaten or played with
With a distinction in what attains high ranks and positions of dignity
Providing threats and threats of punishment
His secret is that if corruption is removed, it is easier than rebuking
He was satisfied with the highest punishment
It is permissible to take people who commit crimes as they wish
Because, may God bless him and grant him peace, they are concerned with that
At a time when he was entrusted with preoccupation with congregational prayer
He wanted to surprise them at a time when they expected that no one would come to them
In the context, he feels that he has advanced his words by rebuking them from being backward
So he deserved the threat already
It is permissible to kill someone who abandons prayer out of negligence
Excuses make it permissible to be left behind from the group
The imam, his deputy, or the muhtasib are permitted to leave the congregation
In order to remove those who hide in their homes and leave them
It is permissible for the virtuous person to lead the prayer in the presence of the virtuous person
If it is of interest
Prayer must include the call to prayer because it is a notification of the arrival of time
On the authority of Ibn Masoud, may God be pleased with him, he said:
Whoever is pleased to meet God Almighty tomorrow as a Muslim
Let him keep these prayers where they are called
God has prescribed for your Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, the laws of guidance
Indeed, they are among the laws of guidance
Even if you prayed in your homes as this retarded person prays in his home
You would have abandoned the Sunnah of your Prophet
If you abandon the Sunnah of your Prophet, you will go astray
You have seen us and no one abandons it except a hypocrite with known hypocrisy
A man would be brought and guided between the two men until he stood in line
Narrated by Muslim
In his narration, he said:
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, taught us the laws of guidance
Among the Sunnahs of guidance is prayer in the mosque in which the call to prayer is given
One of the benefits of talking
Maintaining prayers on time
It is the Sunnah of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace
Attending it as a group is considered an obligation on those who are able to attend the group
The obligatory prayers have specific times
As God Almighty said
Prayer was prescribed for the believers at a fixed time
Praying at home while the man is able to attend the congregation
Contrary to the Sunnah of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
Negligence in the Sunnah of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and his guidance
It is pure delusion
Departing from the guidance of Muhammad’s prophecy
This is because God’s religion is an indivisible whole
Only a hypocrite with known hypocrisy will miss congregational prayer
The Companions, may God be pleased with them
They were very keen to adhere to the guidance of prophecy
And do not waste the reward and groups
The people of Islam cooperated among themselves in obedience to God Almighty
The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, only died
He has completed for them the explanation of the Sunnah of guidance
Through which they draw closer to God Almighty and bring them closer to Him
On the authority of Abu Darda, may God be pleased with him, he said
I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say
There are no three in a village and no Bedouins
Prayer is not performed among them
Except Satan has taken possession of them
You must join the group
The wolf only eats from the stray sheep
Narrated by Abu Dawood
He took possession of them and turned them to himself
The one isolated from the herd, far away from it
One of the benefits of talking
The call to prayer and iqamah are obligatory for congregational prayer
Satan takes possession of those who are heedless of obedience and worship
Good luck on congregational prayer because congregational prayers help in obedience
Satan cannot control the group
Rather, people are destroyed by being alone with them and by being separated from their brothers
Chapter on encouraging congregational attendance in the morning and evening hours
On the authority of Othman bin Affan, may God be pleased with him, he said
I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say
Whoever prays the evening prayer in congregation, it is as if he stayed up at midnight
Whoever prays Fajr in congregation, it is as if he prayed the whole night
Narrated by Muslim
In Al-Tirmidhi’s narration on the authority of Othman bin Affan, may God be pleased with him, he said
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
Whoever attends the dinner in a group will have to pray for half the night
Whoever prays the evening and dawn prayers in congregation
It was like a night's sleep for him
One of the benefits of talking
It is recommended to perform the morning and evening prayers in congregation
Because whoever preserves them preserves others, regardless of whether or not
Maintaining the dawn and evening prayers in a group is a sign of faith
Because they are in the thick and the dark
Where only the hypocrite or the weak-willed person stays behind
The virtue of praying the morning prayer in congregation is like praying the night prayer
The virtue of praying the evening prayer in congregation, such as praying half the night
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
If they knew what is in the darkness and the morning, they would have come to them even if they had crawled
Agreed
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
There is no prayer more difficult for hypocrites than the dawn and evening prayers
If they knew what was in them, they would have gone to them, even if they had loved
Agreed
One of the benefits of talking
It is a great virtue to pray the morning and evening prayers in congregation
The hypocrite performs worship with lethargy and an evil spirit
That is why God described them by saying:
And when they stand up to pray, they stand up lazily
They show off to people and do not mention God except a little
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