- Is the mosque council president's understanding and conclusion correct regarding the impermissibility of combining two prayers based on the continuation of the situation for three months, and that congregational prayer is more important than all other considerations, and therefore the 'Isha prayer should be performed an hour after the Maghrib prayer? - Is congregational prayer obligatory if the distance from the mosque is far (20 minutes by car)? - Is it permissible to pray 'Isha individually at a later time based on the approved calendar, instead of praying it congregationally at the mosque at the time set by the council president, which raises doubt?

A Muslim is not permitted to perform the prayer before its prescribed time. The time for the 'Isha prayer begins when the red twilight disappears. If you doubt whether the time has begun, do not pray until you are certain or highly confident that it has. If a trustworthy person, knowledgeable about the matter, informs you that the time has begun, act according to their statement. However, if you are not highly confident in their truthfulness, you must exert your own effort until you are highly confident that the time has begun. Congregational prayer is obligatory according to the more preponderant opinion of scholars. However, it is not obligatory to pray in the mosque according to most scholars. If you are able to pray in congregation, even in your home, it becomes obligatory for you.