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).
Read More..Narrated Salim: I heard Um Ad-Darda' saying, Abu Ad-Darda' entered the house in an angry mood. I said to him. 'What makes you angry?' He replied, 'By Allah! I do not find the followers of Muhammad doing those good things (which they used to do before) except the offering of congregational prayer. (This happened in the last days of Abu Ad-Darda' during the rule of `Uthman) .
Read More..Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet said, The people who get tremendous reward for the prayer are those who are farthest away (from the mosque) and then those who are next farthest and so on. Similarly one who waits to pray with the Imam has greater reward than one who prays and goes to bed.
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, While a man was going on a way, he saw a thorny branch and removed it from the way and Allah became pleased by his action and forgave him for that.
Read More..Then the Prophet said, Five are martyrs: One who dies of plague, one who dies of an Abdominal disease, one who dies of drowning, one who is buried alive (and) dies and one who is killed in Allah's cause. (The Prophet further said,
Read More..If the people knew the reward for pronouncing the Adhan and for standing in the first row (in the congregational prayer) and found no other way to get it except by drawing lots they would do so, and if they knew the reward of offering the Zuhr prayer early (in its stated time), they would race for it and if they knew the reward for `Isha' and Fajr prayers in congregation, they would attend them even if they were to crawl.
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