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Is it a must for a male to join the congregation prayer at the masjid, or can he decide to pray alone?

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Males should strive to pray obligatory prayers in the masjid for greater reward, but sunnah prayers have more reward when performed at home. congregational prayer, masjid, reward, sunnah prayers, obligatory prayers https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nVIeNW-iIYA
So it's really important to remember as a male the reward for praying in the masjid is 27 times more than praying at home the hadith in Sahih Bukhari but also the reverse is true as well meaning that our sunnah prayers there's more reward for males praying them at home this is also another hadith in Sahih Bukhari so the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam for example would pray let's say the three obligatory rakahs of maghrib in the masjid but the two sunnah prayers he'll pray after that he wouldn't pray in the masjid pray them at home and the various reasons for this he sallallahu alayhi wa sallam for example said do not make your houses like graveyards and so that's what we should do the obligatory part always try and pray in the masjid as males and the sunnah aspects pray them at home.
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