Prayer in congregation for women (attending the mosques)

The Shaykh : And you all know with us that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged women to establish the five daily prayers in their homes in many hadiths, including his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): And yet, this did not prevent them from attending the mosques. In fact, during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), women were eager to attend the mosque because of the cultural value the mosque held at that time, in addition to its purely devotional value. Women attended the mosques not because it was better for them to pray in the mosque; if that were the case, the Messenger (peace be upon him) would have mentioned to them what I just cited from his saying (peace be upon him): Rather, they preferred praying in the mosque out of eagerness to seek knowledge, especially since the teacher there was the Master of Mankind (peace and blessings be upon him).