The Ruling on the Guard Praying in His Place of Work

Question:
May Allah reward you with good. There is a man who works as a servant, that is, a guard, and he is unable to go to the congregational prayer because the owners of the house may need him at any time. Sometimes I join him and pray with him. Do we get the reward of the congregation? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
It is obligatory for you to pray in the mosque, and you should not join him and sit with him. You are leaving the prayer in the mosque without a valid religious excuse. As for him, if going to the mosque would cause him to miss things and result in harm to his work, which he is entrusted with, such as being a guard over money or houses, and he fears for them from robbery or theft, then this is a valid religious excuse that permits him to pray in the place where he is guarding. But you have no excuse for leaving the congregation, so it is obligatory for you to go to the mosque. Yes.