English Translation

Muhammad bin Al-Hasan bin Qutaybah narrated to us, saying: Harun bin Ishaq narrated to us, saying: Abdah bin Sulaiman narrated to us from Abdul-Malik bin Abi Sulaiman from Ata from Abu Hurairah from the Prophet (peace be upon him) that he said: "The prayer of a man in congregation exceeds his prayer in his house and his prayer in his market by twenty-five degrees. That is because when one of you performs ablution and does it well, then goes out to the mosque, intending nothing but the prayer, he does not take a step except that he is raised a degree by it and a sin is removed from him. When he prays, the angels continue to pray for him as long as he remains in his place of prayer: 'O Allah, have mercy on him, O Allah, forgive him, O Allah, accept his repentance,' and one of you continues to be in prayer as long as the prayer detains him."