Prayer: Is It Permissible to Leave a Nearby Masjid for the City’s Jāmiʿ Masjid?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: Is It Permissible to Leave a Nearby Masjid for the City’s Jāmiʿ Masjid?

English:

Question #387:

Given that performing prayers in the neighbouring masjid is mustaḥabb, is there any problem in leaving the neighbouring masjid in order to go to the jāmi‘ masjid of the city to perform congregational prayer?

Answer #387:

There is no problem if one abstains from going to the local masjid in order to attend the congregational prayer of another masjid, particularly the jāmi‘ masjid of the city.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer