1. What is the ruling on interlacing fingers in the mosque before and after prayer, with supporting evidence? 2. Is it permissible for a Muslim to pray alone at home at the beginning of the prayer time if he is tired, thereby missing the virtue of congregational prayer, along with mentioning the opinions of scholars and their evidence?

The prohibition against interlocking fingers is established in the Hadith, and it is considered makruh (disliked) from the time one leaves for the mosque to pray until one returns from it. This is because a person intending to pray is rewarded as a worshipper from the moment they depart. It is authentically reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) interlocked his fingers in the mosque. Scholars have reconciled the hadiths of prohibition and permissibility by explaining that the interlocking of fingers occurred for a specific reason, such as similitude, not out of idleness. The prohibition against interlocking fingers includes the prayer itself, its preliminaries, and its associated actions, such as sitting in the mosque and walking to it.