The Ruling on Absenting Oneself from the Congregation in the Fajr Prayer

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks in his question, saying: What is your view, Honorable Shaykh, of a man who prays all the prayers in congregation except the Fajr prayer, and yet he hears the adhan and the iqamah, and sits in his bed until the morning breaks? What is required of him? May Allah reward you.

Answer:
It is forbidden for him to do that, because the congregational prayer is an individual obligation for men who hear the call and are not prevented from attending by a valid excuse. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "There is no prayer for the one who..." The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It was said, "O Messenger of Allah!" It was asked, "And what is the excuse?" He said, "Fear or illness." So it is not permissible for a person to be lazy about the congregational prayer in all the obligatory prayers. And the fact that he prays the obligatory prayers in congregation except for the Fajr prayer, this is a great error and a major mistake, and this is a characteristic of the hypocrites. He said: Yes.