Muwatta Malik Book 8, Hadith 3
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'zZinad from al-Araj from
Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "By Him in whose hand myself is! I had in mind to
order firewood to be collected, then to order the prayer to be called,
and to appoint a man to lead the people in prayer, and then to come up
behind certain men and burn their houses down about them! By Him in
whose hand myself is! If one of them knew that he would find a meaty
bone or two good legs of meat, he would be present at isha.''
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al- Musayyab from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Prayer in congregation is better than the prayer of one of you on his own by twenty-five parts."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'n-Nadr, the mawla of Umar ibn Ubaydullah from Yusr ibn Said that Zayd ibn Thabit said, "The most excellent prayer is your prayer in your house, except for the prescribed prayers."