The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited anyone who is in the mosque from beginning a voluntary prayer after the Iqāmah has been pronounced for the obligatory prayer.

• The prohibition of performing a voluntary prayer when the Iqāmah for the obligatory prayer has been pronounced and one is in the mosque.
• The prohibition of commencing a voluntary prayer after the Iqāmah for prayer has been pronounced, whether it is a regular Sunnah prayer such as those of Fajr and Zhuhr or any other voluntary prayer.
• If the (congregational) prayer is called to begin while a person is performing a voluntary prayer, and there remains less than one Rak‘ah to complete, he should finish it quickly. Otherwise, he should end it in order to attain the virtue of the opening Takbīr (with the congregation).

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6. Hadith

• The reward of a man's prayer in congregation is twenty five times greater than that of the prayer he offers in his house or market
• Whoever hears the prayer call and does not attend the congregational prayer, then his prayer is not valid (deficient), except if he has an excuse
• These two prayers are the most burdensome of all prayers for the hypocrites. If you knew what they contain, you would come to them, even if you had to crawl on your knees
• Complete the front row first, then the one following it. If there is any deficiency (in the rows), let it be in the last row