Question Summary:
Do i have to perform Salaah in the Masjid?

Question Detail:

My question is regarding ASSALAH (NAMAAZ) my mosque (masjid) is 4 minute drive a way from my home walking takes  around  15 minutes i dont hear azan  at my home is it must fardh on me ! to go to mosque 5 x  a day  normally i pray   4  salah at  home   1 at  work sometime i pray fajar and isha at masjid   I pray friday jumma at mosque always (I try) am I doing any sin acording to islam ?

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
To perform Salāt with Jama’at (congregation) in the Masjid is highly emphasized. Consider the following,
صَلاَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي الجَمَاعَةِ تُضَعَّفُ عَلَى صَلاَتِهِ فِي بَيْتِهِ، وَفِي سُوقِهِ، خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ ضِعْفًا، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ: إِذَا تَوَضَّأَ، فَأَحْسَنَ الوُضُوءَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى المَسْجِدِ، لاَ يُخْرِجُهُ إِلَّا الصَّلاَةُ، لَمْ يَخْطُ خَطْوَةً، إِلَّا رُفِعَتْ لَهُ بِهَا دَرَجَةٌ، وَحُطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةٌ، فَإِذَا صَلَّى، لَمْ تَزَلِ المَلاَئِكَةُ تُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ، مَا دَامَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ: اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَيْهِ، اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ، وَلاَ يَزَالُ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي صَلاَةٍ مَا انْتَظَرَ الصَّلاَةَ
Prayer in congregation is superior to prayer at home and at the work place by twenty-five degrees. He who makes Wudhū properly thereafter, walks to the Masjid with the sole intention of performing Salāt, will be elevated by one level and forgiven of one sin. As long as he remains in the place of prayer, the angels will continuously supplicate on his behalf, “O Allah, send your blessings upon him. O Allah, have mercy upon him.” (Rasūlullah e thereafter said,) “As long as you are waiting for prayer, you will be rewarded as you are in prayer.”[1](Sahīh al-Bukhārī)
 
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وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ بِحَطَبٍ يُحْتَطَبُ، ثُمَّ آمُرَ بِالصَّلاَةِ فَيُؤَذَّنَ لَهَا، ثُمَّ آمُرَ رَجُلًا فَيَؤُمَّ النَّاسَ، ثُمَّ أُخَالِفَ إِلَى رِجَالٍ فَأُحَرِّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ بُيُوتَهُمْ،
"By the being in whose possession is my life, I intended to instruct that fire wood be gathered thereafter, I would order the Adhān to be called out for prayer; I would then order a person to lead the prayer while I would remain back to set alight the houses of all those who had not left for the prayer.’”[2]
 
Accordingly, you should try your utmost to go to the Masjid to perform your prayers with Jamā‘ah especially considering the fact you are close to the Masjid.
 
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Muntasir Zaman
Student Darul Iftaa
USA
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.