He ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) also said: ‘Whoever performs a perfect Wud?’ then attends the mosque and finds that the people had already finished their Sal?t, All?h ( - عز وجل -) would grant him a reward equal to that granted to those who joined the congregation in the Sal?t and their reward will not be diminished’. (1)
As-Sind? said: ‘The apparent meaning of the had?th states that getting the doubled reward of doing Sal?t with the congregation depends on exerting one’s effort to reach it on time whether one managed to join it or missed it. Whoever joined a part of it even in Tashahhud -he would receive the full reward’.
The issue of gaining rewards or not is something that could never be known through independent judgment [but through Shar‘ texts]; accordingly, the opinions that contradict the prophet’s ah?d?th are totally rejected. (2)
Paying heed to all the a aforementioned proofs, what is the purpose of conducting a second congregation [in the mosque]!!
It is worth mentioning here the following points:
[3/ 46] The first: The arguments that are raised by those who believe in the permissibility of establishing a second congregation hold no water. I refuted them all in details in my book “I‘l?mul ?bid F? Hukm Takr?r?l Jam?‘?ti Fil Masjidil W?hid”. They consider the following had?th to be a proof that supports their opinion. The had?th was narrated by Ab? Sa‘?d Al-
(1) Narrated by: Ab? D?w?d in “As-Sunnan” (vol. 1 / p.154) (no.564), An-Nas?‘? in “Al-Mujtab?” (vol. 2 / p.11), Ahmad in “Al-Musnad” (vol. 2 / p.380), Al-Bukh?r? in “Al-T?r?kh Al-Kabir” (vol. 8 / p.46), Al-Baghaw? in “Sharhus Sunnah” (vol. 3 / p.342) (no.789) and Al-H?kim in “Al-Mustadrak” (vol. 1 / p.208) and said: ‘This is an authentic had?th according to the conditions set by Muslim for authentic ah?d?th’ and with which Ath-Thahabi agreed in his “At-Talkh?s”.
I believe that the had?th’s chain of narrators is authentic. In it, there is Awf Ibn Al-H?rith from whom Muslim did not narrate any had?th but Al-Bukh?r? did. There is also Muhsin Ibn Al? from whom only Ab? D?w?d and An-Nas?‘? narrated had?th and whom Ibn Hibb?n ranked of the reliables in his “Ath-Thiq?t” (vol. 5 / p.458).
(2) “Mirq?tul Maf?t?h” (vol. 2 / p.130).