Regarding the excuses for missing the congregational prayer: In our time, these have ceased due to the availability of things that protect against heat, cold, and rain, and the proximity of mosques. Is it still obligatory?
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The questioner : Shaykh, can we say that since the cause in these matters is hardship and difficulty, and in our time it seems to have ceased by providing many things, such that people are provided with means to protect themselves from cold, heat, and rain, and the proximity of mosques, and other such matters?
The Shaykh : Not everyone is the same. Some people have cars and are also close to the mosque, but there are those who experience hardship. Yes, 'Abd al-Rahman, that is enough, it is finished.
The questioner : Is the prayer obligatory upon him... is there a barrier to the hardship?
The Shaykh : The ruling revolves around what?
The students: Around its cause.
The Shaykh : This is the answer.
The Shaykh : Not everyone is the same. Some people have cars and are also close to the mosque, but there are those who experience hardship. Yes, 'Abd al-Rahman, that is enough, it is finished.
The questioner : Is the prayer obligatory upon him... is there a barrier to the hardship?
The Shaykh : The ruling revolves around what?
The students: Around its cause.
The Shaykh : This is the answer.