صَلاَةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ تَفْضُلُ صَلاَةَ الْفَذِّ بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً
The prayer in congregation is twenty seven times superior to the prayer offered by person alone.
Sahih al-Bukhari 645 · Source checked
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Source
Sahih al-Bukhari 645
Book 10, Hadith 42
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What It Means: Reading in Context
This is the complete reported saying, without the transmission chain. Abdullah ibn Umar reports the Prophet’s description of the merit of congregational prayer. The wording is an encouragement to prayer together, not a detailed ruling on every person’s circumstances. This entry comes from Sahih al-Bukhari 645. The quoted wording is the English translation of the reported saying. Follow the source link to read the narrator, full wording and in-book reference together. A hadith number identifies the source used here; numbering systems can differ between editions. Being able to inspect a source is important when a short statement is shared outside its original setting. The accompanying reflection is an editorial prompt for everyday conduct. It is not part of the hadith and does not replace explanation from qualified scholarship. Avoid extending a short reminder into a religious ruling that the entry itself does not establish.
REFLECTION · EDITORIAL
Where you can, make room in your routine for prayer with others. Help make the gathering welcoming for someone who is learning or returning.
This reflection is not Qur’an, hadith or an authoritative tafsir.