Walking To Masjid
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
If one performs ablution and does it perfectly, and then proceeds to the mosque with the sole intention of praying, then for each step which he takes towards the mosque, Allah upgrades him a degree in reward and (forgives) crosses out one sin till he enters the mosque.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
Whoever takes a bath on Friday, and bathes completely, and goes early, arriving early,* and walks and does not ride (to the mosque), and sits close to the Imam and listens to him, and does not engage in idle talk; FOR EVERY STEP HE TAKES HE WILL HAVE THE REWARD OF ONE YEAR, THE REWARD OF A YEAR’S FASTING AND PRAYING (AT NIGHT).
Importance - Congregation
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The congregational Salat (prayer) of anyone amongst you is more than twenty times in reward than his Salat (prayer) in the market or in his house.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The prayer of a man in congregation is higher than his prayer on his own by twenty-four or twenty-five levels.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The prayer offered in congregation is twenty five times more superior (in reward) to the prayer offered alone in one's house or in a business center.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The Salat (prayer) in congregation is twenty-seven times superior in degrees to the Salat offered by a person alone.
Importance - First Row/Front Rows
Narrated: ‘Irbad bin Sariyah
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to ask for forgiveness for the first row three times and for the second row twice.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
Allah and the angels send blessings upon the first row.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
Allah and His Angels send their Salat (blessings) on the front rows.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
1) If the people knew the reward for pronouncing the Adhan and for standing in the first row (in congregational prayers) and found no other way to get that except by drawing lots they would draw lots, and
2) If they knew the reward of the Zuhr prayer (in the early moments of its stated time) they would race for it (go early) and
3) If they knew the reward of `Isha' and Fajr (morning) prayers in congregation, they would come to offer them even if they had to crawl.
Waiting For Salaah
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (ﷺ) said:
The angels will keep on asking Allah's forgiveness and blessings for everyone of you so long as he keeps sitting at his praying place. The angels will say, 'O Allah, bless him! O Allah, be merciful to him!' as long as he does not do Hadath (pass wind) or a thing which gives trouble to the other (or leaves his place of offering Salãt. One is regarded in prayer so long as one is waiting for the prayer."