The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in the dawn prayer one day. And he said: Is so and so present? They said: No. He (again) asked: Is so and so present? They replied: No. He then said: These two prayers are the ones which are most burdensome to hypocrites. If you knew what they contain (i.e. blessings), you would come to them, even though you had to crawl on your knees. The first row is like that of the angels, and if you knew the nature of its excellence, you would race to join it. A man's prayer said along with another is purer than his prayer said alone, and his prayer with two men is purer than his prayer with one, but if there are more it is more pleasing to Allah, the Almighty, the Majestic. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 554)   

أَنَّهُ قَالَ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَفَقَالَ شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟ فَقَالُوا لَا فَقَالَ شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟ فَقَالُوا لَا فَقَالَ شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ فَقَالُوا لَا فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ مِنْ أَثْقَلِ الصَّلَوَاتِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِيهِمَا لَأَتَوْهُمَا وَلَوْ حَبْوًا وَالصَّفُّ الْمُقَدَّمُ عَلَى مِثْلِ صَفِّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَلَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ فَضِيلَتَهُ لَابْتَدَرْتُمُوهُ وَصَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ مَعَ الرَّجُلَ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ وَصَلَاتُهُ مَعَ رَجُلَيْنِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ مَعَ رَجُلٍ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرَ فَهُوَ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the Fajr prayer. After the prayer, he said, "Did so-and-so witness the prayer?" The people remained silent and they said, "Yes, he did not attend." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, the heaviest prayers upon the hypocrites are the 'Isha' and Fajr prayers. If they knew the virtues of these two prayers, they would come to perform them even if they had to crawl. Indeed, the first row in prayer is equivalent to the row of angels, and if you knew the virtue of it, you would compete to be in it. Indeed, your prayer along with two men is purer than your prayer with one man, and your prayer with one man is purer than your prayer alone. However, the more the number increases, the more beloved it is to Allah."  

صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْفَجْرَ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قَالَ شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟ فَسَكَتَ الْقَوْمُ قَالُوا نَعَمْ وَلَمْ يَحْضُرْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَثْقَلَ الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ صَلَاةُ الْعِشَاءِ وَالْفَجْرِ وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِيهِمَا لَأَتَوْهُمَا وَلَوْ حَبْوًا وَإِنَّ الصَّفَّ الْأَوَّلَ عَلَى مِثْلِ صَفِّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَلَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ فَضِيلَتَهُ لَابْتَدَرْتُمُوهُ إِنَّ صَلَاتَكَ مَعَ رَجُلَيْنِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِكَ مَعَ رَجُلٍ وَصَلَاتَكَ مَعَ رَجُلٍ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِكَ وَحْدَكَ وَمَا كَثُرَ فَهُوَ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ  

[Machine] "Abu Ishaq, and I have heard it from him and from his father, said, 'I heard Ubay ibn Ka'b saying, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the morning prayer one day and then mentioned the hadith.'"  

أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ وَمِنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ يَقُولُ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ يَوْمًا فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

[Machine] "About the Prophet ﷺ , he mentioned the narration."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

[Machine] He informed me of the most amazing story that he had heard from the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ . He said: "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , led us in the Fajr prayer, then he turned towards us and said: 'Witness, so and so.' And he mentioned the story."  

حَدِّثْنِي أَعْجَبَ حَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ صَلَّى بِنَا أَوْ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْغَدَاةِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

[Machine] I arrived in the city and met Ubayy ibn Ka'b, who mentioned something similar to that.  

قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَلَقِيتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَذَكَرَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ  

[Machine] The Prophet of Allah ﷺ prayed the morning prayer and then said, "There is a witness, so and so," and mentioned the narration.  

صَلَّى نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ الْغَدَاةَ ثُمَّ قَالَ شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

[Machine] "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If people knew the excellence of the `Isha' prayer and the Fajr prayer in congregation, they would come to them even if they had to crawl.'"  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مَا فِي الْعِشَاءِ وَصَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ لَأَتَوْهُمَا وَلَوْ حَبْوًا  

[Machine] Ubayy ibn Ka'b prayed the Fajr prayer with us, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When he finished the prayer, he noticed that there were only a few people in the mosque, so he asked, "Is so-and-so present?" We replied, "Yes," until he counted three individuals. He then said, "Indeed, it is not a heavier prayer for the hypocrites than the prayer of Al-Isha and the Fajr prayer in the Hereafter." And he mentioned the Hadith in its entirety.  

أُبَيٌّ صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ رَأَى مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَسْجِدِ قِلَّةً فَقَالَ شَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟ قُلْنَا نَعَمْ حَتَّى عَدَّ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ أَثْقَلُ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ وَمِنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed Fajr prayer with us, and when he finished his prayer, he turned towards us with his face and said, "Indeed, the heaviest prayers on the hypocrites are these two prayers."  

صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ فَلَمَّا قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ أَثْقَلَ الصَّلَوَاتِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ هَاتَانِ الصَّلَاتَانِ