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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 10 · Call to Prayers (Adhaan)
Sahih

فَضْلِ صَلاَةِ الْجَمَاعَةِ

The virtue of praying in congregation

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " صَلاَةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ تَفْضُلُ صَلاَةَ الْفَذِّ بِخَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً ".

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ الْهَادِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ،

Translation

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that he heard the Prophet ﷺ say, “The prayer in congregation surpasses the prayer of the individual by twenty-five degrees.”

Other translations

Deutsch

Abu Sa'id al-Chudri berichtete, dass er den Propheten ﷺ sagen hörte: „Das Gebet in Gemeinschaft übertrifft das Gebet des Einzelnen um fünfundzwanzig Stufen.“

Türkçe

Ebû Saîd el-Hudrî (r.a.), Nebî'nin ﷺ şöyle buyurduğunu işittiğini rivayet etti: “Cemaatle kılınan namaz, tek başına kılınan namazdan yirmi beş derece üstündür.”

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 7 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · MedinaAbu Sa'id al-Khudri† 74 AH · Medina'Abdullah bin Khabab† 100 AH · MedinaYazid bin 'Abdullah bin Usam…† 139 AH · Medinaal-Laith bin Sa'd† 175 AH · Egypt'Abdullah bin Yusuf al-Tunaysi† 218 AH · Egyptal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Later scholars
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. Abu Sa'id al-Khudriأَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

    d. 74 AH · Madinah · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. 'Abdullah bin Khababعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ

    d. 100 AH · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation

  4. Yazid bin 'Abdullah bin Usama B. al-Haadابْنُ الْهَادِ

    d. 139 AH · Medina · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  5. al-Laith bin Sa'dاللَّيْثُ

    d. 175 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation

  6. 'Abdullah bin Yusuf al-Tunaysiعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ

    d. 218 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  7. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler