A Statistical Analysis for Increasing Reward with Increasing Size of Jama’at: A Revisit

Abstract

The concept of congregation (Jama’at) is one of the fundamental concepts of the social construction of Islam. The divine reward of a Sala’at (prayers), as enunciated by Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H.), is multiplied by saying it in Jama’at. There are numerous sayings of Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H.) which show that this divine reward of a Jama’at is a statistical function of that of a Sala’at said individually. The current paper is the second in an attempt to find that function. It is being established here that this function is cubic, with a very sharp slope, in nature and then may be deduced to forecast the divine reward one may have by saying a Sala’at in Jama’at, at one hand, and to appraise the increase in the divine reward with the size of the Jama’at. The same function also connects different, apparently conflicting, sayings of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H.) regarding the comparisons of this divine reward.