Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Q&A- Praying in Congregation

			If a person who misses congregation once without
		

			a valid reason is considered to be sinning,
		

			they can just make tawbah.
		

			It's almost like you want to know this
		

			so that you can do that in the
		

			future.
		

			But if somebody has done that, everybody makes
		

			mistakes, so you make tawbah and you get
		

			along.
		

			Allah knows best whether he's going to consider
		

			that to be a sin or not.
		

			Number one.
		

			Number two, during the summer months, many people
		

			seem to think it is fine to pray
		

			Isha Salat at the start time at home
		

			and miss the congregation due to work.
		

			Likewise with Fajr.
		

			Is this correct?
		

			Look, if it is very, very difficult because
		

			the times are quite different and difficult, especially
		

			up north, right, in England, then what you
		

			do is you do jama'a with your
		

			family.
		

			Jama'a with your spouse, with your children
		

			or whatever.
		

			Because what's most important is that you get
		

			a congregation.
		

			So if you cut or with your neighbor
		

			or somebody else, the best is that you
		

			get a congregation as opposed to just praying
		

			it alone because that's where the problem lies.
		

			Praying in the masjid is much better.
		

			You get 25 times, 27 times the reward.
		

			But if you can't make it to the
		

			masjid, then you make a congregation wherever possible
		

			and it is absolutely impossible.
		

			You just can't do it for whatever reason
		

			in a normal circumstance, then that's fine, right?
		

			But in a case like this where it's
		

			going to be quite a few days for
		

			a month or two months, then just do
		

			it with your family, right?
		

			Do it with your wife, with your husband,
		

			with your, you know, I mean this is
		

			obviously talking about men anyway, so do it
		

			with your wife, with your child, children.