The Reward of Congregational Prayer
Issue No. 1226- Congregational Prayer is one of the most important mustaḥab acts, and is one of the greatest Islamic sacraments. Great emphasis has been laid on it in the narrations. Offering prayer in congregation has been especially recommended for those who reside near a masjid or hear adhān being announced from it. One should therefore try to offer his prayer in congregation as much as he can. It has been stated in a narration that the reward for each rak‘at of congregational prayer is one hundred and fifty times as much as that of prayer offered individually. If two people follow the imam in congregation, each rak‘at of their prayer has the reward of 600 prayers. The more the number of the participants in a congregational prayer, the more will be the reward of their prayer. If the number of the participants exceeds ten persons, it has been narrated that if all the skies become paper, the water in the seas becomes ink, the trees become pens, and the angels, men, and Jinn become scribers, they will not be able to put in writing the rewards of one of its rak‘ats [1].
