Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha, the eighth Imam, [a] said: “The excellence of the congregational prayer, comparing with solitary prayer, is one rak’at to two thousand rak’ats.”[i]
[i] Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol. 88, p. 4 & Wasa’il-ush Shi’ah, vol. 8, p. 290
Imam Al-Mahdi [atf] wrote in a letter to Ash-Shaykh Al-Mufid: “We are aware of your circumstances and nothing of your affairs is concealed from us.”[i]