Question 187) - Explain the virtue of Jama'ah Congregation and its status in Shari'ah.

Jama'ah is Sunnah Muakkadah for men ante has great reward. Rasulullaah SAW said, "Salah with Jama'ah is 27 times greater than Salaah alone.' ~al-Bukhari and Muslim from Ibn 'Umar RA~.

Abu Hurayrah RA narrates that Rasulullaah SAW said, "There are never three people in a town or countryside who do not establish Salah together except that the devil overpowerrs them. So uphold Jama'ah for the wolf eats the far off sheep." ~Ahmed, Abu Dawood and an-Nasai]

Abu Hurayrah RA narrated that Rasulullaah SAW said, "By He who hold my life in His Hand! I feel like ordering firewood to be gathered. I shall then order Azan for Salah to be called and I?ll order someone a man to lead the people while I go and burn the houses of those men who are still at home." ~al-Bukhari~

~ al-Quduri ~