What is the ruling on not performing Dhuhr and Asr prayers in the mosque, citing the mosque's distance, unavailability of transportation, and intense heat?

The questioner is urged to strive against his own self to attend congregational prayers, especially if he hears the call to prayer, for the reward is commensurate with the hardship. The hadiths have elucidated the virtue of walking to the mosque and the immense reward of congregational prayer, stating that every step elevates a degree and erases a sin, and that angels pray for the worshipper as long as he remains in his prayer place. Walking to the mosque is a means of effacing sins and elevating ranks, and whoever leaves his home in a state of purification for the obligatory prayer receives a reward like that of a pilgrim in ihram (definition).