Is it permissible for me to combine prayers at my university, which is 43 kilometers outside the city, where there is nothing but open land, knowing that I hear the call to prayer and am not ill, and I go to the mosque for all prayers due to the Messenger of Allah's saying, "There is no prayer for the mosque's neighbor except in the mosque," or is it permissible to follow the Imam from home, according to the Maliki school of thought?
The legal distance that permits shortening and combining prayers is approximately 83 kilometers. Congregational prayer is not obligatory for women; it is better for them to pray in their homes. The hadith "There is no prayer for the mosque's neighbor except in the mosque" is weak. The ruling on following the imam from home is detailed in Fatwa No. 53276.
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