My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels.
Abu Musa (ra) said: “The Prophet (saw) said: ‘The one who will receive the greatest reward for his prayer is the one who has come to the farthest distance, and the one who waits to pray with the imam will receive a greater reward than the one who prays, then goes to sleep.’’’ (Bukhari and Muslim)
The Prophet (saw) said: “Prayer offered in the congregation (jama’ah) is twenty-seven times better than prayer offered individually.” (Bukhari and Muslim)