Although salah can be performed alone, it is meritorious to perform it with another or with a group. Although it is permissible to pray at home, at work, or even outdoors, it is recommended that Muslims perform salah in a mosque. All the world over they are in straight lines, leaving no gaps, and facing Makkah. Praying to the Creator on a daily basis is the best way to cultivate in a man a sound personality and to actualize his aspiration. Allah does not need man's prayer because He is free of all needs.
Prayer is for our immeasurable benefit, and the blessings are beyond imagination.
Prayer, obligatory and spontaneous, is an immense spiritual treasure to be tapped. It inspires peace, purity and tranquillity and instills companionship with God. It amazingly reduces the hustle and bustle of life to tame proportions. By their spacing to five times a day, including its beginning, prayers tend to maintain a therapeutic level and practically leave no room for mischievous thought or deed.