Fajr and Isha in Jama'ah

Here are two Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic) ḥadīth about the punishment one receives if he does not pray al-Fajr and al-`Ishā’  in Jamā`ah (congregation). These ḥadīth are said to be referring to praying these two salāh specifically in congregation, based off of where al-Sadūq, al-Tūsi, Hurr al-`Aamili, al-Sistani and other scholars have put these ḥadīth.

عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْفَجْرَ فَأَقْبَلَ بِوَجْهِهِ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَسَأَلَ عَنْ أُنَاسٍ يُسَمِّيهِمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ فَقَالَ هَلْ حَضَرُوا الصَّلَاةَ فَقَالُوا لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ أَ غُيَّبٌ هُمْ فَقَالُوا لَا فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ أَشَدَّ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةِ وَ الْعِشَاءِ وَ لَوْ عَلِمُوا أَيُّ فَضْلٍ فِيهِمَا لَأَتَوْهُمَا وَ لَوْ حَبْواً

From `Abd Allāh bin Sinān from Abī `Abd Allāh (عليه السلام) said, he heard him say: “The Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) prayed al-Fajr, so he approached his companions and asked about people (that weren’t there) and he named them by their names. So he (عليه السلام) said: ‘Have they shown up for al-Salāh?’ So they (the companions) said: ‘No, O Messenger of Allāh’ So he (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said: ‘Have they vanished?’ So they said: ‘No’ So he (عليه السلام) said: ‘None from the salāh is harder for the munāfiqīn (hypocrites) than this salāh (al-Fajr) and al-`Ishā’, and if they knew what merits are in them, they would come to it, even if they have to crawl’”

Source:

1.     Al-Tūsī, Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām, 10 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 4^th Edition, 1407 AH), vol. 3, pg. 25, hadeeth # 5

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)
à Milādh al-Akhyār, 16 vols., (Qum: Maktabah Ayatollah al-Mar`ashī al-Najafī, 1406 AH), vol. 4, pg. 692

أبي ره قال حدثني سعد بن عبد الله عن أحمد بن محمد بن الحسن بن علي الوشاء عن عبد الله بن سنان عن أبي عبد الله ع قال صلى رسول الله ص الفجر فلما انصرف أقبل بوجهه على أصحابه فسأل عن أناس هل حضروا فقالوا لا يا رسول الله فقال أ غيب هم فقالوا لا فقال أما إنه ليس من صلاة أشد على المنافقين من هذه الصلاة و العشاء

From `Abd Allāh bin Sinān from Abī `Abd Allāh (عليه السلام) said: “The Messenger of Allāh prayed al-Fajr, and when he departed he approached his companions and asked about the people (that weren’t there), have they shown up? So they (the companions) said: ‘No, O Messenger of Allāh’. So he (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said: ‘Have they vanished?’ So they said: ‘No’. So he (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said: ‘None from the salāh is harder for the munāfiqīn (hypocrites) than this salāh (al-Fajr) and al-`Ishā’”

Source:

1.     Al-Sadūq, Thawāb al-`Amāl, (Qum: al-Manshūrāt al-Sharīf al-Raḍī, 2^nd ed., 1406), pg. 232, ḥadīth # 1