The Ruling on Praying in Congregation in Rest Houses Far from Mosques

Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh (may Allah preserve him), peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Recently, rest houses have multiplied around the city, so the number of worshippers in the mosques has decreased, and many are absent from prayer on the excuse that some of the people are...

Answer:
If they are close to the mosques, they must pray in the mosques near their rest houses. As long as they can hear the call to prayer, they must respond by going to the mosque, and they should fear Allah.
As for when the rest houses are far from the mosques, there is no harm in praying in them.
As for when the number of people in the mosques is small, as long as they are in their rest houses and far from the town, we do not oblige them. We do not say, “Come, leave your rest houses and come for the sake of prayer, enter the town and pray.” We do not oblige them to do that. If they have mosques where they can pray, they pray in them. If they do not have mosques, they pray in their place, and praise be to Allah. The religion is ease, and praise be to Allah.