The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “The congregational prayer is twenty-seven degrees better than the prayer of one alone.” Is this specific to the mosque congregation, or does it apply to every congregation?
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The questioner : May Allah forgive you. Sunan an-Nasa'i 837Sahih (Darussalam) And prayer is performed in congregation while traveling, in parks, in offices, and even in some mosques it is performed multiple times. Is this virtue hoped for in every congregation that is established?
The Shaykh : Yes. As for the prayers performed while traveling, they fall under the hadith without a doubt. As for prayer in offices, it is looked at: if they cannot pray in the mosque because of its distance, or because of the fear of work being disrupted, or because of the fear that some employees will run away—since some employees, if they go out, do not return or they are late—then in that case we say: their prayer in their offices is equivalent to their prayer in the mosque, because they prayed in congregation. As for the repeated prayers in the same mosque, these do not obtain the reward of the congregation, because the reward is only in the first congregation. Yes.
Praying in congregation is twenty-seven times better than praying alone.
صلاة الجماعة تفضل على صلاة الفذ بسبع وعشرين درجةThe Shaykh : Yes. As for the prayers performed while traveling, they fall under the hadith without a doubt. As for prayer in offices, it is looked at: if they cannot pray in the mosque because of its distance, or because of the fear of work being disrupted, or because of the fear that some employees will run away—since some employees, if they go out, do not return or they are late—then in that case we say: their prayer in their offices is equivalent to their prayer in the mosque, because they prayed in congregation. As for the repeated prayers in the same mosque, these do not obtain the reward of the congregation, because the reward is only in the first congregation. Yes.