Itis obligatory to attend prayers in congregation at a Mosque as can be seen from the following hadith:. It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, I was thinking of ordering that wood be gathered, then I would have ordered that the call to prayer be Muslimnarrated in his Saheeh (656) that 'Uthmaan (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: "Whoever prays 'Isha' in congregation, it is as if he spent half the night in prayer, and whoever prays Fajr in congregation, it is as if he spent the whole night in Theprayer involves certain actions that form a cycle, during which the devotee recites verses from the Holy Qur'an and chants the Divine Names of Allah. Name and Timing of the Five Prayers. 1st Prayer - Fajr: The time for the Fajr salah begins at dawn and ends at sunrise. The se. 2nd Prayer - Zuhr: The time for the Zuhr salah starts post Therelied upon view of the madhhab of Imam Ash-Shafi'i is that congregational prayer is Fard Kifayah (communally obligatory), however, there is a weaker view that it is personally obligatory (fard 'ayn) and also Sunnah Mu'akkadah (an established, repeated sunnah). It is better to be prayed within a masjid. Imām An-Nawawi states in his Minhāj, ImamMuhammad al-Baqir (a.s.) said, "There can be no prayer except with ritual ablution (i. e. wudu)." 4 34. Salatu 'l-mayyit (the ritual prayer said for the dead person before the burial) is an exception to this rule; this obligatory prayer can be performed even if one is in a state of ritual impurity. 2. Praisebe to Allah. Praying in jamaa'ah (congregation) in the mosque is one of the most important rituals of Islam, and it is obligatory for every man past the age of adolescence who is able to hear the call to prayer, because of a great deal of evidence, including the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): "Whoever hears the call to prayer and does not respond Performingobligatory prayers in the mosque in congregation is compulsory for every man who hears the Athaan (call to prayer) and who is able to go to the mosque. It is not permissible for him to offer an obligatory prayer at home without having a sound excuse. This is the most correct opinion of the Muslim Scholars. Ruling649. If someone who is certain that the time for performing prayers is short does not search for water and performs prayers with tayammum, and after his prayers - but before the time for the prayer ends - he realises that he had time to search, the obligatory precaution is that he must perform the prayer again. Ruling 650. MojaBGJ.