AbuThumamah al-Hannat said that Ka'b ibn Ujrah met him while he was going to the mosque; one of the two (companions) met his companion (on his way to the mosque) And he met crossing the fingers of my both hands. He prohibited me to do so, and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said: If any of you performs ablution, and performs his ablution perfectly, and then goes out intending for the mosque, he should not cross the fingers of his hand because he is already in prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 562)   

فَوَجَدَنِي وَأَنَا مُشَبِّكٌ يَدَيَّ إِحْدَاهُمَا بِالْأُخْرَى قَالَ فَفَتَقَ يَدَيَّ وَنَهَانِي عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عَامِدًا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَا يُشَبِّكَنَّ يَدَهُ فَإِنَّهُ فِي صَلَاةٍ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allahﷺ said, "Whoever goes to the mosque in the morning or in the evening, Allah prepares for him a place in Paradise every time he goes or returns."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ غَدَا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ أَوْ رَاحَ أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُ نُزُلًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ كُلَّمَا غَدَا أَوْ رَاحَ»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "The one who remains seated after prayer is like the one who is constantly worshipping, and his deeds are recorded as long as he is present in the mosque, from the time he leaves his house until he returns to it."  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْقَاعِدُ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ كَالْقَانِتِ وَيُكْتَبُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ مِنْ حِينِ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever goes to the masjid (mosque) for congregational prayer, every step he takes will erase a bad deed and write a good deed in its place, while returning from the masjid."  

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَنْ رَاحَ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ جَمَاعَةٍ فَخُطْوَتَاهُ خُطْوَةٌ تَمْحُو سَيِّئَةً وَخَطْوَةٌ تَكْتُبُ حَسَنَةً ذَاهِبًا وَرَاجِعًا»  

[Machine] There was a man in Medina whom I did not know, who used to pray facing the qibla and would witness the prayer with the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ from a distance further than the nearest neighbor to the mosque. It was said to him, "If only you would buy a donkey to ride during the hot or dark nights." He replied, "It does not please me that my house is far from the mosque." This was mentioned to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, and he said, "May Allah grant you all of that or give you what you have expected."  

كَانَ رَجُلٌ لَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ مِمَّنْ يُصَلِّي الْقِبْلَةَ يَشْهَدُ الصَّلَاةَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَبْعَدَ جِوَارًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْهُ فَقِيلَ لَوِ ابْتَعْتَ حِمَارًا تَرْكَبُهُ فِي الرَّمْضَاءِ أَوِ الظَّلْمَاءِ فَقَالَ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ مَنْزِلِي بِلِزْقِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ للنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَنْطَاكَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ أَوْ أَعْطَاكَ اللَّهُ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ»  

[Machine] "There was a man whom I did not know, who was from the people of the city, and who lived farther from the mosque than that man [referring to himself]. I said to him, 'If you were to buy a donkey to ride it in the darkness or in the heat?' He replied, 'Then the conversation reached the Prophet ﷺ, so I asked him. I said, 'O Prophet of Allah, I wanted my coming to the mosque to be recorded and my return when I go back.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Allah has granted you all that you have asked for.'"  

كَانَ رَجُلٌ لَا أَعْلَمُ رَجُلًا مِنَ النَّاسِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ مِمَّنْ يُصَلِّي الْقِبْلَةَ أَبْعَدَ جِوَارًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَوْ أَنَّكَ اشْتَرَيْتَ حِمَارًا تَرْكَبُهُ فِي الظَّلْمَاءِ أَوِ الرَّمْضَاءِ؟ فَقَالَ فَنَمَا الْحَدِيثُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ لِي إِقْبَالِي إِذَا أَقْبَلْتُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَرُجُوعِي إِذَا رَجَعْتُ قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَعْطَاكَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ أَجْمَعَ أَنْطَاكَ اللَّهُ مَا احْتَسَبْتَ أَجْمَعَ»  

[Machine] "We wanted to move to the mosque, and the areas surrounding the mosque were vacant. So, the Prophet ﷺ was informed about it, and he came to our house and said, 'O children of Salimah, I have been informed that you want to move to the mosque.' They replied, 'O Messenger of Allah, the mosque and its surroundings are far from us and vacant.' He said, 'O children of Salimah, your houses are your houses, and your traces will be recorded.' We did not wish to be in the presence of the mosque when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said what he said."  

أَرَدْنَا النُّقْلَةَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَالْبِقَاعُ حَوْلَ الْمَسْجِدِ خَالِيَةٌ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَتَانَا فِي دَارِنَا فَقَالَ «يَا بَنِي سَلِمَةَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكُمْ تُرِيدُونَ النُّقْلَةَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَعُدَ عَلَيْنَا الْمَسْجِدُ وَالْبِقَاعُ حَوْلَهُ خَالِيَةٌ فَقَالَ «يَا بَنِي سَلِمَةَ دِيَارَكُمْ دِيَارَكُمْ تُكْتَبْ آثَارُكُمْ» قَالَ فَمَا وَدِدْنَا أَنَّا بِحَضْرَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ لَمَّا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا قَالَ  

Prayer said by a man in congregation is twenty five degrees more excellent than prayer said by him alone in his house or in the market. This is because when any of you performs ablution and does it perfectly, and goes out to the mosque having no intention except praying, and nothing moves him except prayer, then at every step which he takes his rank is elevated by one degree on account of this (walking), and one sin is remitted from him for this (walking), till he enters the mosque. When he enters the mosque, he will be reckoned as praying as long as he will be detained by the prayer. The angels keep on invoking blessing on any of you so long as he remains seated in the place he prayer, saying: O Allah, forgive him; O Allah, have mercy on him; O Allah, accept his repentance so long as he does not harm anyone, or breaks his ablution. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 559)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ تَزِيدُ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَصَلَاتِهِ فِي سُوقِهِ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ فَأَحْسَنَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ لَا يُرِيدُ إِلَّا الصَّلَاةَ لَمْ يَخْطُ خُطْوَةً إِلَّا رَفَعَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةً وَحَطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ كَانَ فِي صَلَاةٍ مَا كَانَتِ الصَّلَاةُ تَحْبِسُهُ»  

The Messenger of Allah (may peace be' upon him) said: He who purified himself in his house, and then he walked to one of the houses of Allah for the sake of performing a Fard (obligatory act) out of the Fara'id (obligatory acts) of Allah, both his steps (would be significant) as one of them would obliterate his sin and the second one would raise his status. (Using translation from Muslim 666)  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَطَهَّرَ فِي بَيْتِهِ ثُمَّ مَشَى إِلَى بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِ اللَّهِ لِيَقْضِيَ فَرِيضَةً مِنْ فَرَائِضِ اللَّهِ كَانَ خَطْوَتَاهُ إِحْدَاهُمَا تَحُطُّ خَطِيئَةً وَالْأُخْرَى تَرْفَعُ دَرَجَةً»  

[Machine] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said, "When a person purifies themselves and then comes to the mosque to perform the prayer, for every step he takes towards the mosque, a good deed is written for him."  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «إِذَا تَطَهَّرَ الرَّجُلُ ثُمَّ أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ يَرْعَى الصَّلَاةَ كَتَبَ لَهُ كَاتِبَاهُ بِكُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ يَخْطُوهَا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ»  

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ that he said, "Whoever walks in the darkness of the night to the mosques, Allah will grant him light on the Day of Resurrection."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «مَنْ مَشَى فِي ظُلْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»  

The Mesenger of Allah said: "When anyone of enters the mosque, let him send peace upon the Prophet, then let him say: 'Allahumma aftahli abwaba rahmatik (O Allah, open to me the gates of Your mercy).' And when he leaves, let him send peace upon the Prophet and say: 'Allahumma- simni minash-shaitanir-rajim (O Allah, protect me from the accursed Shaitan).'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 773)  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَإِذَا خَرَجَ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ»  

when any of you enters the mosque he should invoke blessing on the prophet ﷺ and then he should say: O Allah, open to me the gates of thy mercy. And when he goes out, he should say: O Allah, I ask thee out of Thine abundance. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 465)   

عَنْ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ أَوْ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ وَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَإِذَا خَرَجَ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ»  

"I heard Abu Humaid and Abu Usaid say: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When any one of you enters the Masjid, let him say: 'Allahumma aftahli abwaba rahmatik (O Allah, open to me the gates of your mercy). And when he leaves let him say: Allahumma inni as'aluka min fadlik (O Allah, I ask You of Your bounty).'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 729)  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا جَاءَ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَإِذَا خَرَجَ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ»  

The Mesenger of Allah said: "When anyone of enters the mosque, let him send peace upon the Prophet, then let him say: 'Allahumma aftahli abwaba rahmatik (O Allah, open to me the gates of Your mercy).' And when he leaves, let him send peace upon the Prophet and say: 'Allahumma- simni minash-shaitanir-rajim (O Allah, protect me from the accursed Shaitan).'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 773)  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَإِذَا خَرَجَ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ»  

"Praying in congregation is twenty-seven times better than praying alone." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 837)   

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «فَضْلُ صَلَاةِ الْجَمِيعِ عَلَى صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ وَحْدَهُ خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ دَرَجَةً»  

Prayer said in a congregation is twenty-seven degrees more excellent than prayer said by a single person. (Using translation from Muslim 650a)  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَذِّ بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً»  

"Praying in congregation is twenty-seven times better than praying alone." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 837)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ تَزِيدُ عَلَى صَلَاةِ الْفَذِّ بِخَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً»  

Prayer said in a congregation is twenty-seven degrees more excellent than prayer said by a single person. (Using translation from Muslim 650a)  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «صَلَاةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَذِّ بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The prayer of a man in congregation exceeds his prayer alone by twenty-five degrees. And if he prays on a sandy ground, completing its bowing and prostration, his prayer will reach fifty degrees."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ تَزِيدُ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ بِخَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً فَإِنْ صَلَّاهُ بِأَرْضِ قَيٍّ فَأَتَمَّ رُكُوعَهَا وَسُجُودَهَا بَلَغَتْ صَلَاتُهُ بِخَمْسِينَ دَرَجَةً»  

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)   

صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ فَقَالَ «أَشَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟ » قَالُوا لَا فَقَالَ «أَشَاهِدٌ فُلَانٌ؟ » قَالُوا لَا قَالَ «إِنَّ هَاتَيْنِ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ أَثْقَلُ الصَّلَوَاتِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَلَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ فَضْلَ مَا فِيهِمَا لَأَتَوْهُمَا وَلَوْ حَبْوًا وَإِنَّ الصَّفَّ الْأَوَّلَ لَعَلَى مِثْلِ صَفِّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَلَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ فَضِيلَتَهُ لَابْتَدَرْتُمُوهُ وَصَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ مَعَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ أَزْكَى مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ مَعَ رَجُلٍ وَكُلَّمَا كَثُرَ فَهُوَ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ»  

[Machine] I heard Abu Ishaq from him and from his father, then he carried him.  

أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ وَمِنْ أَبِيهِ ثُمَّ سَاقَهُ  

[Machine] According to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said, "Whoever prays evening (Isha) and morning (Fajr) prayers in congregation, it is as if he stood the whole night in prayer."  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ وَالْغَدَاةَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَامَ اللَّيْلَ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allahﷺ said: "Whoever prays the evening and dawn prayers in congregation will be rewarded as if he had stood in prayer the whole night."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ وَالْفَجْرَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ كَانَ كَقِيَامِ لَيْلَةٍ»  

'Uthman b. 'Affan (narrated the mosque after evening prayer and sat alone. I also sat alone with him, so he said: 0, son of my brother, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: He who observed the 'Isha' prayer in congregation, it was as if he prayed up to midnight, and he who prayed the morning prayer in congregation, it was as if he prayed the whole night. (Using translation from Muslim 656a)  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَامَ نِصْفَ اللَّيْلِ وَمَنْ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا صَلَّى اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The angels of the day and the angels of the night come down amongst you when the Fajr prayer is established. They witness the prayer with you and the angels of the night remain with you until the angels of the day come. Then Allah asks them, while He is most knowledgeable about what you have left behind, 'What did My servants leave behind while they were engaged in prayer?' They reply, 'We found them praying and we left them praying.' So, I assumed that they were saying, 'O Allah! Forgive them their sins on the Day of Reckoning.'"  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَتَعَاقَبُونَ فِيكُمْ إِذَا كَانَتْ صَلَاةُ الْفَجْرِ نَزَلَتْ مَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ فَشَهِدَتْ مَعَكُمُ الصَّلَاةَ جَمِيعًا وَصَعِدَتْ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ وَمَكَثَتْ مَعَكُمْ مَلَائِكَةُ النَّهَارِ فَيَسْأَلُهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ مَا تَرَكْتُمْ عِبَادِي يَصْنَعُونَ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ جِئْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ وَتَرَكْنَاهُمْ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ قَالَ فَحَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ فَاغْفِرْ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الدِّينِ»