1- Knowing other brothers, loving each other for
the sake of Allah and strengthening ties of love; without which, perfect faith
would not have been easy to achieve. This is because, there is no path to faith
and paradise except by loving for the sake of Allah.
2- Freedom from hypocrisy and the hell fire. This is for someone who meets the
initiating Takbeer of every Ṣalāt for forty consecutive days. Anas , reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as
saying: �Whosoever observes Ṣalāt for Allah for forty days in congregation,
catching the first Takbeer, has gained two freedoms, both of which are written
for him: freedom from hell and freedom from hypocrisy.� [ Source:
Al-Bukhari.]
3- Facilitating the reunion of Muslims and bringing their hearts together in
goodness and righteousness.
4- Solidarity among the Muslims and helping one another in issues affecting
them.
5- Demonstrating the religious rites and its strength.
6- Unifying the hearts of the Muslims, as in the same row of Ṣalāt there is
gathered the White, Black, Arabs, non-Arabs, old, young, rich and the poor,
side by side, in a single mosque, behind one imam, at the same time, towards
the same direction and with the same intention.
7- Infuriating the enemies of Allah. This is because the Muslims will not cease
to be powerful and invulnerable as long as they uphold the observation of
congregational Ṣalāt in the mosque.
8- Eradication of misdeeds, and rising in ranks. It was reported on the
authority of Abu Hurairah t, who reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: �Should I direct you to that by which Allah
eradicates sins and raises the levels?� They replied: �Yes, Oh Messenger of
Allah.� Then the Prophet said: �Performing ablution when it is disliked, taking
many steps to the mosques, and waiting for Ṣalāt one after the other. That is
striving in the cause of Allah.� [ Source: Muslim.]
9- Observing Ṣalāt in congregation is better than observing it alone by
twenty-seven degrees. On the authority of Abdullah ibn Umar t,, the Messenger
of Allah ﷺ said: �Congregational
Ṣalāh is better than that observed alone by
twenty-seven degrees.� [ Source: Al-Bukhari.]
- Congregational Prayer (Ṣalāt ) at Home.
It is not advised for any individual or congregation to observe Ṣalāt at home
while a mosque is close to them. However if the Mosque is far away, and they
did not hear the call to prayer, then there is no sin on them if they observe
it in congregation at home.
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