Yahya related to me fromMalik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said,"Prayer in congregation is better than the prayer of a man by
himself by twenty-seven degrees."
8.1.2
Yahya related to me fromMalik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn
al-Musayyab from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, "Prayer in congregation is better
than the prayer of one ofyou on his own by twenty-five parts."
8.1.3
Yahya related to me fromMalik from Abu'zZinad from al-Araj from Abu
Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "By Him in whose hand myself is! I had in mind to order
firewood to be collected, then to order the prayer to be called, and
to appoint a man to lead the people in prayer, andthen to come up
behind certain men and burn their houses down aboutthem! By Him in
whose hand myself is! If one of them knew that he would find a meaty
boneor two good legs of meat, he would be present at isha.''
8.1.4
Yahya related to me fromMalik from Abu'n-Nadr, the mawla of Umar ibn
Ubaydullah from Yusr ibnSaid that Zayd ibn Thabit said, "The most
excellent prayer is your prayer in your house, except for the
prescribed prayers."
8.2.5
Yahya related to me fromMalik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Harmala al-Aslami
from Said ibn al-Musayyab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "What separates us from the hypocrites
is being present at isha and subh. They cannot do it," or words to
that effect.
8.2.6
Yahya related to me fromMalik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr ibn
Abd ar-Rahman from AbuSalih from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, said, "If a man who is
walking along a road finds a branch of thorns on the road and
removesit, Allah thanks him for doing it and forgives him." He also
said,"Martyrs are five: the onekilled by a plague, the one killed by a
disease ofthe belly, the one who drowns, the one killed bya collapsing
building, and the martyr in the path of Allah.' He also said, "If
people knew what there was in the call to prayer and the first row,
and they could find no other way exceptto draw lots for it, they would
draw lots for it. And if they knew what there was in doing dhuhrat its
time, they would race each other to it. Andif they knew what there was
in the prayers of ishaand maghrib, they wouldcome to them even if they
had to crawl .
8.2.7
Yahya related to me fromMalik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Bakr ibn
Sulayman ibn Abi Hathmathat Umar ibn al-Khattab missed Sulayman ibn
Abi Hathma in the subh prayer. In the morning he went to the market,
and Sulayman's house was between the market and the Prophet's mosque.
He passed ash-Shifa, Sulayman's mother, and said to her,"I did not see
Sulayman at subh." She replied, "Hespent the night in prayer and his
eyes overcame him. Umar said, "I would rather be present at subhthan
stand the whole night in prayer.
8.2.8
Yahya related to me fromMalik from Yahya ibn Said from Muhammad ibn
Ibrahim that Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Amra al-Ansari said that Uthman ibn
Affan came to the isha prayer and seeing only a few people in the
mosque, he lay down at the back of the mosque to wait for the number
of people to increase. Ibn Abi Amra went and sat down beside him and
Uthman asked him who he was, so he told him. Uthman said, "What have
you memorised of the Qur'an?", and he told him. Uthman said, "If
someone is present at isha, it is as if he had stood in prayer for
half a night, and if some one is present at subh, it is as if he had
stood in prayer for a whole night.
8.3.9
Yahya related to me fromMalik from Zayd ibn Aslam from a man of the
Bani'd-Dil called Busr ibn Mihjan from his father Mihjan that he was
in a gathering with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, and the call toprayer was made. The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, rose and prayed and
then returned. Mihjan remained sitting and did not pray with him. The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"What prevented you from praying with the people?Aren't you a muslim?"
He said, "Of course, Messenger of Allah, but I have already prayed
withmy family." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "When you come, pray with the people, even if you
have prayed already."
8.3.10
Yahya related to me fromMalik from Nafi that a man asked Abdullah ibn
Umar, "Sometimes I pray in my house, and then catch the prayer with
theimam. Should I pray with him?" Abdullah ibn Umar said to him,
"Yes," and the man said, "Which of them do I make my prayer?" Abdullah
ibn Umar said, "Is that up to you? It is up to Allah. He will decide
on whicheverof them He wishes."
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