Hadith: Abu Darda Radiyallahu 'anhu narrates: I heard Rasullullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam saying: If three persons in a village or a forest, do not offer the congregational Salat, then Shaitan fully overpowers them. So make it obligatory on yourself to offer Salat in congregation. For undoubtedly the wolf eats only the stray goat. (Abu Dawud: 547)
Hadith: Abu Sa'id Al Khudri narrates that when Rasullullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said: Salat in congeration is equivalent to twenty five salat, and when Salat is offered in a desert, performing its bowing and prostration properly, it reaches upto fifty times. (Abu Dawud: 560)
Hadith: Ubayy ibne-Ka'b Radiyallahu 'anhu narrates that Rasalullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said: The Salat of a person offered with another person is better than his Salat offered alone. And his Salat with two persons is better than his Salat offered with one person. Similarly, the larger the number, the more it is liked by Allah, The Almighty, The Majestic. (Abu Dawud: 554)
Hadith: Abu Hurairah Radliyallahu 'anhu narrates that Rasullullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said: The reward of Salat offered by a person in congregation is twenty five times greater as compared to that Salat offered by him alone in his house or place of business. (Bukhari: 647)
Hadith: 'Abdullah Ibn 'Umar Radiyallahu 'anhuma narrates that Rasullullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said: He who joins the row (of Salat, Allah will join him with His Mercy; and whoever breaks the row (of Salat), Allah will cut him away from His Mercy. (Abu Dawud: 666)
Note: Breaking the row means either placing something (personal belongings) in the row, which would break the continuity of the row; or seeing a vacant space and yet not occupying it. (Mirqat-ul-Mafatih)
Hadith: 'A'ishah Radiyallahu 'anha narrates that when Rasulullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said : Verily Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala sends Mercy and His angels invoke blessings for those who are on the right hand side of rows. (Abu Dawud: 676)
Hadith: Bara ibn `Azib Radiyallahu `anhuma narrates that Rasulullah Sallallshu 'alaihi wasallam said: Verily Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala sends Mercy and His angels invoke blessings for the people who are nearer to the front rows; and there is no step more beloved to Allah than one taken to complete a Row. (Abu Dawud: 543)
