Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the prayer in congregation is twenty-five times greater than the prayer offered alone. If there are more people, then the reward is equal to the number of people present in the mosque. A man asked, "If there are ten thousand people, then how much reward is there?" He replied, "If there are forty thousand, then the reward will be for forty thousand."

Hazrat Ka'b states that when one offers prayer in congregation, one receives a reward equal to the number of people present in the mosque.

Hazrat Kathir bin Aflah narrates that we were present in Madinah at the house of Hazrat Abu Yusuf regarding a matter of calculation. Zaid bin Thabit was also with us. He said that offering prayer with the Imam is more than twenty times superior to offering prayer alone.

Hazrat Abdullah says that prayer in congregation is twenty-four degrees or twenty-five times greater than prayer offered alone.

It is narrated from Hazrat Mahmood bin Labeed that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Beware of hidden shirk, beware of hidden shirk. The people asked: What is hidden shirk? He said: When a person beautifies his prayer so that people may see him, this is hidden shirk.

Hazrat Abdullah says that whoever performs prayer in front of people should perform the same prayer when alone; otherwise, he has insulted his Lord.

It is similarly narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him).

Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer prayers in those clothes in which he had engaged in intercourse.

Hazrat Abdul Malik bin Umair says that a man asked Hazrat Jabir bin Samurah whether he could pray in the clothes in which he had intercourse. He replied that if something has gotten onto the clothes, then wash it, and if nothing has gotten onto them, then there is no harm in praying in those clothes.

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them) said: She knows that the same clothes in which we have intercourse are the ones in which we perform prayer.