Chapter on the Virtue of Mosques and Prayer Within Them, and the Virtue of Congregational Prayer and Its Rulings

Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali Ibrahim ibn Maymun from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I said to Imam al-Sadiq عليه السلام: “A man leads us in prayer and we follow him, is that more beloved to you, or praying in the mosque?” Imam عليه السلام said: “(Praying in) the mosque is more beloved to me.”