Hadith 17

(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ –
‘Amon what the Prophet-saww bequeathed to Ali-asws with: ‘O Ali-asws! Three are ranks – perfecting the Wud’u during the extreme cold, and awaiting the Salat after the Salat, and the waling at night and the daytime to the (Salat in) congregation’’. [24]
And from him, from Ubeyd Bin Ahmad Al Faqeeh, from Abu Harb, from Muhammad Bin Abu Ajeed, from Ibn Abu Isa Al Hafiz, from Muhammad Bin Ibrahim, from Ibn Bukeyr, from Al Lays, from Abu Al Haad, from Abdullah Bin Hubab, from Abu Saeed Al Khudry who said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘The Salat in congregation is superior to the Salat prayed individually by twenty-five ranks’’. [25]
He said, ‘And my father, may Allah-azwj be Satisfied with him, said in his correspondence to me, ‘For Salat of the man in congregation over Salat of the man along, there are twenty-five ranks in the Paradise’’. [26]
And from him in a report by Al A’mash, ‘Al-Sadiq-asws said: ‘Merit of the congregation over the individual (Salat) is by twenty-four’’. [27]