Sahih al-Bukhari
645
Chapter 10 · Call to Prayers (Adhaan)فَضْلِ صَلاَةِ الْجَمَاعَةِ
The virtue of praying in congregation
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " صَلاَةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ تَفْضُلُ صَلاَةَ الْفَذِّ بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً ".
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ،
Translation
Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The prayer in congregation surpasses the prayer of the individual by twenty-seven degrees.”
Other translations
Deutsch
Ibn Umar berichtete, dass der Gesandte Allahs ﷺ sagte: „Das Gebet in Gemeinschaft übertrifft das Gebet des Einzelnen um siebenundzwanzig Stufen.“
Türkçe
İbn Ömer (r.a.), Resûlullah'ın ﷺ şöyle buyurduğunu rivayet etti: “Cemaatle kılınan namaz, tek başına kılınan namazdan yirmi yedi derece üstündür.”
Other versions of this report
The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.
تَفْضُلُهَا بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً.
Ibn Umar reported: (The prayer in congregation) surpasses it by twenty-seven degrees.
The journey of this hadith
From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 6 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.
256AH
al-Bukhari · Samarqand
- Prophet ﷺ
- Companions (Sahaba)
- Successors (Tabiʿun)
- Successors of the Successors
- Later scholars
- Compiler
Chain as a list
- The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
- ibn Umarعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ
d. 74 AH / 693 CE · Makkah · Comp. RA 1st Generation
- Nafie'نَافِعٍ
d. 119 AH · Medinah · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation
- Imam Maalikمَالِكٌ
d. 179 AH / 795 CE · Medina · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation Maliki
- 'Abdullah bin Yusuf al-Tunaysiعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ
d. 218 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation
- al-Bukhariالبخاري
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