Chapter on the Virtue of Congregational Prayer
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 2
سَعْدٌ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنِ اَلْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَلْحَمِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَارَةَ قَالَ: أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَى أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يُصَلِّي اَلْمَكْتُوبَةَ وَحْدَهُ فِي مَسْجِدِ اَلْكُوفَةِ أَفْضَلُ أَوْ صَلاَتُهُ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ أَفْضَلُ فَقَالَ« اَلصَّلاَةُ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ أَفْضَلُ»
Sa’ad from Abu Ja’far from al-Abbas ibn Ma‘ruf from Ali ibn Mahziyar from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamid from Muhammad ibn Umarah, he said:
I sent to Abu al-Hasan al-Ridha عليه السلام, peace be upon him, asking Imam عليه السلام about a man who performs the obligatory prayer alone in the Mosque of Kufah is that better, or is his prayer in congregation better? Imam عليه السلام said: “Prayer in congregation is better.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 28
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