§  Salah is the pillar of religion [Islam].

§  Salah protects people from diseases.

§  Salah is the source of blessings in sustenance.

§  Salah averts the torment of Hell.

§  Salah is the light in the pitched dark grave.

Wherever, in Glorious Quran and Hadees, performing of Salah is mentioned, it implies that Salah should be performed with all Fard (obligatory) and Wajib (mandatory) acts. For men, one of the Wajib acts is to perform Salah with Jama’at. The abundance of rewards and the glad-tidings have been mentioned in blessed Ahadees, for those who perform Salah with Jama’at. Let’s listen to three blessed sayings of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم for persuasion:

1.         Salah with Jama’at is 27 times greater than a Salah offered alone.

(Sahih Bukhari, vol. 1, pp. 232, Hadees 645)

2.         Whoever performs Wudu properly, walks for the obligatory Salah and offers Salah led by the Imam, his sins will be forgiven.

(Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 3, pp. 9, Hadees 2727)

3.         When a bondman offers Salah with Jama’at, begs for his need from  Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ does not like that His bondman returns before his need is fulfilled. (Hilya-tul-Awliya, vol. 7, pp. 299, Hadees 10591)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! We should also develop the habit of performing five times daily Salah in Masjid with Jama’at. You must have noticed that the handicapped and elderly people, despite their physical impairment, approach the Masajid anyway and offer Salah the way they feel better. If, such individuals, despite facing such a great trouble, prefer to offer Salah with Jama’at then we, to the greatest degree, should perform Salah with Jama’at.