Excellence of Salah (prayer) in Congregation
Al-Kāfi|Volume 3|Book 4|Chapter 49
1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) مَا يَرْوِي النَّاسُ أَنَّ الصَّلاَةَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَحْدَهُ بِخَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ صَلاَةً فَقَالَ صَدَقُوا فَقُلْتُ الرَّجُلاَنِ يَكُونَانِ جَمَاعَةً فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَيَقُومُ الرَّجُلُ عَنْ يَمِينِ الإِمَامِ.
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Umar ibn ’Udhaynah from Zurarah who has said the following: “I asked abu ’Abd Allah عليه السلام, ’People say that performing Salah (prayer) in congregation is more virtuous than twenty-five Salah (prayer) performed alone. Is this true ? 5 The Imam replied, ‘What they say is right.’ I then asked, ‘Can two people be considered a congregation?’ He عليه السلام, said, ‘Yes, but one should stand on the right side of the prayer leader.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (5/250)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 301