Is the unavailability of mosques and Muslims, and the inability to perform obligatory acts of worship—including prayer—considered a legitimate excuse for a 15-year-old new Muslim revert to abandon prayer?

Prayer holds a great status in Islam; it is the second pillar after the two testimonies. Allah has promised severe torment to those who abandon it. Prayer does not cease to be obligatory for a Muslim as long as their intellect is sound. It is necessary to preserve it with its conditions and pillars, and it is not permissible to abandon it under the pretext of not having a mosque or fellow worshippers. It is advised to communicate with Islamic centers and mosques for guidance in religious matters. Prayer is only obligatory for an adult. As for one who missed prayers after reaching puberty due to ignorance of their obligation, the majority of scholars hold that they must make them up. Some scholars, however, are of the view that making them up is not obligatory, based on the principle that religious laws are not binding until one has knowledge of them.