What is your ruling on one who leaves the prayer in the mosque on the pretext that he does not find khushu' in the mosque?
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The Shaykh : He says, “What is your ruling on one who says that he does not find khushu' in the prayer in the mosque, and for that reason he prays at home because he finds khushu' in the prayer at home? And is khushu' in the prayer a condition for its validity? Please inform us.” I say: This khushu' is Satanic, it is from the command of Satan, because he wants him to abandon an obligation, which is the congregational prayer. It is obligatory to attend the congregation and to try to attain khushu' to the best of one's ability, due to the saying of Allah the Exalted: [At-Taghabun 64:16] As for whether khushu' in the prayer is a condition for its validity, the correct view is that it is not a condition, but the prayer is deficient by its absence with a great deficiency.
