Advice to Youth and Muslims on Consistently Attending the Congregational Prayer

Question:
From the aforementioned texts in this great chapter, the importance and virtue of the congregational prayer, the emphasis on it, and the methodology of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) in its persistence and consistency become clear. They considered those who lagged behind to be among the hypocrites, and specifically those whose hypocrisy was known, as mentioned earlier. What is the advice, counsel, and guidance, Your Eminence the Shaykh, to the youth and Muslims in general, and to the youth in particular today? In this era where trials and distractions have multiplied, and care for consistently attending the five obligatory prayers in the congregation of Muslims has diminished?

Answer:
Yes, these texts and others indicate the emphasis on the congregational prayer, that it is not permissible for a Muslim to lag behind it without an excuse that prevents him from attending, and that even those who are in a state of compensation—such as being carried between two men, held by two men until they stand him up in the row—they still come.
This is proof of the eagerness of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for the congregational prayer, and that no one lags behind it except a known hypocrite or a sick person who is unable to attend, for whom Allah has permitted and allowed him to pray in his home.
But one who is healthy and able to attend is not permitted to leave the congregational prayer. In fact, his prayer may not be valid if he prays it in his home while he is able to attend the congregational prayer. Some scholars hold that attending the congregational prayer is a condition for the validity of the prayer, based on what these hadiths imply. Yes.