Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 486
أَخْبَرَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، عَنِ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " تَفْضُلُ صَلاَةُ الْجَمْعِ عَلَى صَلاَةِ أَحَدِكُمْ وَحْدَهُ بِخَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جُزْءًا وَيَجْتَمِعُ مَلاَئِكَةُ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ فِي صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ وَاقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ { وَقُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ إِنَّ قُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا } " .
Kathir ibn ‘Ubayd informed us; he said: Muhammad ibn Harb narrated to us, from al-Zubaydi, from al-Zuhri, from Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Congregational prayer surpasses the prayer of any one of you alone by twenty-five portions. The angels of the night and the day gather at the Fajr prayer. Recite, if you wish: ‘And the recitation at dawn; indeed, the recitation at dawn is witnessed.’”
Translation notes
The Arabic expresses the comparison as exceeding by twenty-five juz’ (portions); it does not specify “times” or “more virtuous.” The verse’s separate reference footnote in the English witness is not part of the Arabic block.
أَخْبَرَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ،
The English witness omits the isnad.
Confirm the chain against the Arabic source.