Hadith 31

laim Azaan and Iqamah and pray Salat with them. Are we a congregation? ’
He-saww said: ‘Yes’. He said, ‘Sometimes the servants pursue the camels while I, and my wife and my children remain. So I proclaim Azaan and Iqamah and pray Salat with the. Are we a congregation? ’
He-saww said: ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘Sometimes my sons follow drops of the clouds, so I and my wife remain. So I proclaim Azaan and Iqamah and pray with them. Are we a congregation? ’
He-saww said: ‘Yes’. He said, ‘The wife goes regarding her need, so I remain alone. I proclaim Azaan and Iqamah, and I pray. Am I a congregation? ’
Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘The Momin alone, is a congregation! ’’[49]
Note: – And we have mention previously that when the Momin proclaims Azaan and Iqamah, two rows of Angels pray behind him. And from Ali-asws having said: ‘He will be beneath Shade of the Throne on the Day there will be no shade except His-azwj Shade, a man who goes out from his house, perfects the purification, then walks to a house (Masjid) from the houses (Masjids) of Allah-azwj in order to fulfil an obligation from obligations of Allah-azwj, so he dies in what is between it and that. And a man who stands in middle of the night after the eyes had slept, so he perfects the purification, then stands to a house (Masjid) from the houses of Allah-azwj, but he died in what is between it and that’’. [50]
And from Rasool-Allah-saww having said: ‘Perfecting the Wud’u in the abhorrence (extreme cold), and transferring the feet to the Masjid(s) and awaiting the Salat after the Salat washes away the sins with a washing’’. [51]
And from him-saww having said: ‘Best of the rows of the Salat is the front, and best of the rows of the funerals is the last’. It was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww, and how is that so? ’
He-saww said: ‘Because veiling is for the women, and best of the rows of the men is their first, and best of the women is their last, and had the people known what is in the first row, no one would have connected to it except by crawling’’. [52]
And from Ali-asws having said: ‘The best of the rows is its first, and it is a row of the Angels, and the best of the front row is on the right of the prayer leader’’. [53]
And from him-asws having said: ‘Fill the gaps of the rows. One who is able of completing the first rows and which follows it, let him do so, for that is more beloved to your Prophet-saww; and complete the rows for Allah-azwj and His-azwj Angels as sending Salawaat upon those who are completing the rows’’. [54]
And from Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having said: ‘Complete the rows and it will not harm any of you if he were to delay when he finds narrowness in the first row, so he completes the row which is behind it; and if he sees a gap in front of him, so it would not harm him if he were to walk sideway from it until he fills it, meaning while he is in the Salat’’. [55]
Explanation (Hadeeth only) – He-saww said: ‘Had his heart been fearful, his limbs would have been fearful’.