Chapter on the Virtue of Congregational Prayer

Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 2
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām

Volume 3, Book 1, Chapter 2

Chapter on the Virtue of Congregational Prayer

وَعَنْهُ عَنِ اَلنَّضْرِ عَنِ اِبْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ:« إِنَّ أُنَاساً كَانُوا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَبْطَئُوا عَنِ اَلصَّلاَةِ فِي اَلْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ« لَيُوشِكُ قَوْمٌ يَدَعُونَ اَلصَّلاَةَ فِي اَلْمَسْجِدِ أَنْ نَأْمُرَ بِحَطَبٍ فَيُوضَعَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِهِمْ فَتُوقَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ فَتُحْرَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ بُيُوتُهُمْ»»
And from him, from al-Nadr, from Ibn Sinan, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, he said: I heard Imam عليه السلام say: “Indeed, there were people during the time of the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, who were slow in attending the prayer in the mosque. So the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family, said: ‘A time will soon come when people will abandon the prayer in the mosque, and we may command that wood be gathered and placed at their doors, then a fire would be kindled upon them, and their houses would be burned over them.’”
  • Ali Akbar al-Ghaffari
    Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 28
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 262