Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) found some people absent during the congregational prayer, so he inquired:“Why did those people not participate in the prayer?”The people replied: They had some work. So he said:“The prayer of one who lives near the mosque is only in the mosque.”These are the words of Ibn Makhlad, while Abu Hamid narrated these words:“Whoever hears the call to prayer and does not come (to the mosque), his prayer is not valid, except if there is an excuse (i.e., a valid reason).”

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The prayer of the one who lives near the mosque is only in the mosque."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whoever lives in the neighborhood of the mosque and hears the muezzin giving the call to prayer, and does not come (to the mosque for prayer) without any excuse, then his prayer is not valid."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever hears the call to prayer and does not respond to it (i.e., does not come to the mosque to perform the prayer in congregation), his prayer is not valid, except if there is an excuse, then (the ruling is different)."

The same narration is transmitted with another chain, while some narrators have reported it as a marfu‘ (attributed to the Prophet) hadith.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever hears the call to prayer and has no excuse preventing him from accepting it (i.e., going for the congregational prayer)," the people asked: What is meant by excuse? He replied: "Fear or illness." (The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said:) "Then the prayer that such a person performs (in his house), Allah will not accept that prayer from him."