Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 216

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ صَلاَةَ الرَّجُلِ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ تَزِيدُ عَلَى صَلاَتِهِ وَحْدَهُ بِخَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جُزْءًا ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Ishaq ibn Musa al-Ansari narrated to us: Ma‘n narrated to us: Malik narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘A man’s prayer in congregation exceeds his prayer alone by twenty-five portions.’ Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The preceding commentary noted twenty-five as the figure reported by most transmitters, in contrast with Ibn Umar's report of twenty-seven.