The Prayer of the Mosque Attendant Alone or in the Nearby Grand Mosque

The questioner:
Listen to us, O 'Atiyyah, listen to us from the phone, and turn the television down a bit. It’s flying, it’s flying, give us this. A. Go ahead, go ahead. Shaykh, may you live long, I am an attendant in a mosque next to my house. Sometimes in the Fajr and 'Isha' prayers, no one prays with me except that I call the adhan and pray alone. And there is a grand mosque nearby, about five minutes away. I know that I perform the cleaning in this mosque where I work next to the house, but in most of the prayers, no one comes to meet me; the people are traveling. So, should I leave my evening and pray with the people, or should I pray there? Okay, thank you.

The Shaykh:
What is the question? What is the question?

The questioner:
He says that there is a mosque in a village where, in some of the obligatory prayers, Honorable Shaykh, no one prays with him. And this person says that a grand mosque is nearby. He asks: Should I go to the grand mosque, or should I pray in the state of the mosque?

The Shaykh:
How is a mosque built when there is no one around it? So, a mosque is not built when there is no one around it, but perhaps they are lazy. Yes, so you advise them and forbid them [from neglecting it], and you call the adhan so that they hear the adhan. So, if it happens that no one comes to pray with you and the second mosque is close to you, go to it. Yes.