Delaying the 'Asr prayer from the congregation due to lunch

Question:
Also with us from al-Qasim is our brother Nasser. Go ahead, Nasser. All right, perhaps when the connection with our brother Nasser or someone else is established, Nasser is with us on the line. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner asks and says: I come home from work late and arrive at the time of the 'Asr adhan, so I eat lunch and then I pray 'Asr, but the people have already prayed. Is this practice prescribed?

Answer:
No, this is not prescribed. You are leaving the congregational prayer of 'Asr with the congregation in the mosque. Pray in the mosque and make lunch after the prayer, my brother, or have it before the prayer. As for arranging your meal during the time of prayer, that is not acceptable. However, if it happens on some occasions that you are hungry and lunch or dinner is present, you start with it so that you are not distracted from your prayer by thinking about the meal or worrying about it. But to arrange this and make the meal during the time of prayer, thereby leaving the congregational prayer, is not permissible. Yes.