The congregation in the mosque is over: does praying in congregation at home earn the reward of congregation?

Question

Zayd was asleep or busy with some work, and the congregation took place in the mosque. If he now prays in congregation in some room, how much reward will he receive? And will this congregation be called a second congregation, given that the first congregation of the mosque has already been missed? Bakr claims that it is a first congregation. Recently Hazrat was asked about the second congregation: will those who hold a congregation outside the mosque receive reward or not?

Answer

By holding the congregation at home he will obtain the merit of congregation, but the merit of the mosque is greater than that, and that he will not obtain. [ar]وَلَوْ صَلَّى فِي بَيْتِهِ بِزَوْجَتِهِ أَوْ جَارِيَتِهِ أَوْ وَلَدِهِ فَقَدْ أَتَى بِفَضِيلَةِ الْجَمَاعَةِ، وَلَكِنْ فَضِيلَةُ الْمَسْجِدِ أَتَمُّ[/ar] “If he prayed in his house with his wife, his slave-girl or his…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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