Congregation [Jama'at]
14 sayings
Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) narrates that Amirul Momineen (a.s.) said, "One who recites Surahs while attending Congregation Prayer behind an Imam, will not be considered a follower of Islam after his death."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 291 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "O people! Make your rows proper. Your shoulders should touch that of the people standing beside you. There should be no gap between two persons. Don't remain aloof from a row so that Allah does not create difference between you people. Know that I am seeing the people who create differences among you."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 291 link
Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) addressed his companions after Morning Prayer and asked whether so and so persons had come to pray. The companions replied saying that they hadn't. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "Didn't they come? Remember it that offering of no other Salaat is difficult for a hypocrite except this and Isha Salaat."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 293 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his father that the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) has made Congregation Prayer compulsory for those living in the neighborhood of a mosque and used to say, "Those who do not pray in congregation will not succeed in their business. I will order the muezzin to give prayer-call and order a personality from my Ahle Bayt, that is Ali, to take a torch in his hand and burn the houses of those who do not pray in congregation."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 293 link
"One who does not attend Friday Salaat continuously for three weeks without any reason, the Almighty Allah puts a seal on his heart."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 293 link
"Congregation Prayer is compulsory and it is obligatory to offer Friday Salaat in congregation with the Imam. Hence one who does not attend Friday Prayer for three consecutive weeks without any valid reason has avoided three obligatory acts and a person who leaves three obligatory acts without any valid reason is a hypocrite. One who avoids offering Prayer in congregation without any reason, none of his prayers is acceptable."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 293/294 link
O people, stay with the congregation and stay away from division.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 1028; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 210 link
Allah's Hand [i.e. divine aid] is with the congregation. Whenever a straying individual deviates, Satan snatches him up like a wolf snatches a sheep starying from the herd.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 1032; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 210 link
Allah's Hand [i.e. divine aid] is with the congregation.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 20241; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 210 link
Congregation [upon the truth] is a mercy and division is chastisement.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 20242; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 210 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
By Allah, the sunna is the tradition of Muhammad (SAWA); innovation is anything that deviates from it; the congregation is the gathering of people who are with the truth, even if they are few in number; and division is the dissention of people who are with falsehood, even if they be many in number.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 1644; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 211 link
"The excellence of congregational prayers is twenty three times that of prayer offered alone and this one congregational prayer is equal to twenty five prayers."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 67 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his predecessors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "For one who offers Salaat in congregation with faith and for seeking divine rewards, a new record of his deeds would be created (blotting out all sins he has committed before)."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 67 link
Holy Prophet Muhammad al Mustaf? (s.a.w.w.) when asked, 'Who are the congregation of your community?', replied, 'Those who are with the truth, even if they are but ten people.'
Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 154, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 211 link
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