Ruling on not praying in congregation because of work circumstances
Question

                We live in the West and we do our best to pray in ccongregation in our time, because its obligated. However because this is an unbelieving (Kaafir) land and we aren't allowed to go to the congregation when we are at school or when we are working we pray the obligatory prayers alone. I have read your fatwas about leaving the congregation when working, but those fatwas aren't specified for the people in the West. What is the ruling on leaving the congregation when we are working or going to school in this Kaafir land. Please note that we aren't capable of migrating because the lack of money or because our parents don't allow us.
Praise be to Allah.
    
    The basic principle concerning the obligatory prayers for men is that they 
    should be offered in congregation in the mosque; this was the practice of 
    the Muslims at the time of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon 
    him). 

    
    Imam Muslim narrated in his Saheeh (654) that Abu’l-Ahwas said: ‘Abdullah 
    said: I remember when no one stayed away from the prayer except a hypocrite 
    who was known for his hypocrisy, or one who was sick. But even a sick person 
    would walk between two men and come to prayer. The Messenger of Allah 
    (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) taught us the Sunnahs of 
    guidance, and one of the Sunnahs of guidance is praying in the mosque in 
    which the call to prayer is given. 

    
    The Islamic texts enjoin that, such as the hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah who said: 
    A blind man came to the Prophet (sa) and said: O Messenger of Allah, I do 
    not have any guide to take me to the mosque. And he asked the Messenger of 
    Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) to grant him a dispensation 
    allowing him to pray in his house, and he allowed him that. When he turned 
    to leave, he called him back and said: “Can you hear the call to prayer?” He 
    said: Yes. He said: “Then answer it.”

    
    Narrated by Muslim, 653 

    
    Hence anyone who can hear the adhaan is enjoined to respond to the call and 
    pray in the mosque, so long as he does not have an excuse. For more 
    information, please see fatwas no. 21969 and
    20655 

    
    But if you try hard to join the congregation, but are not able to do so 
    because of the situation you mentioned, and you cannot find suitable work or 
    study, which will allow you to pray in congregation, there is nothing wrong 
    with you completing your work or your studies that you cannot do without, 
    then catch up with the prayer before the time for it ends, either 
    individually or together in congregation with one another, if you are able 
    to do that. 

    
    It says in Mataalib Ooli’n-Nuha fi Sharh Ghaayat al-Muntaha (1/702), 
    discussing excuses which make it permissible not to pray in congregation: if 
    he fears harm to his livelihood which he needs, he is excused (for not 
    praying in congregation). End quote. 

    
    For more information, please see fatwas no. 72895 
    and 9455

    
    And Allah knows best.