Answered by SunniPath Answer Service Team
Is prayer in congregation obligatory for men? What about the West, with mosques that are distant and unhelpful work schedules?
Answer:
Please see the following links:
Praying in Congregation, Praying at the Mosque
Praying in Congregation in the West
Congregational Prayer: A long question
Who should lead congregational prayer?
The Second Congregation
Also see the following links regarding women and the congregational prayer:
Praying in congregation with one’s wife? Useful for those who can’t make to the mosque sometimes…
Praying at home with wife, is that considered a jamah?
Women’s Congregational Prayer in the Hanafi School
Questions on Women’s Prayer: Women’s Congregational Prayer, Raising the Voice When Alone, Giving Adhan and Iqama
A Hanafi Woman Pray in a Women’s Only Congregation?
Women’s Prayers, Congregation, Books