Hadith 55

Sunan Ibn Majah

Book 4: The Book On The Mosques And The Congregations Sahih

Chapter 16

The Virtue Of Prayer In Congregation

باب فَضْلِ الصَّلاَةِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ ‏

Sahih
Sunan Ibn Majah 789
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، رُسْتَهْ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ صَلاَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ تَفْضُلُ عَلَى صَلاَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَحْدَهُ بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً ‏"
It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said:

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The prayer of a man in congregation is twenty-seven levels more virtuous than a man's prayer on his own.'"

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

ibn Umar

عبد الله بن عمر بن الخطاب

2,679 narrations

follower
2

Nafie'

نافع مولى ابن عمر

1,506 narrations

follower
3

'Ubaidullah bin 'Umar bin Hafs

عبيد الله بن عمر بن حفص بن عاصم

763 narrations

successor
4

Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-Qatan

يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ القطان

1,359 narrations