In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving

 

 All praise is due to Allah. Peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad.

 

People with disabilities are required to do so if they can safely make it to the mosque. We cannot take a single hadith out of context to impose a burden on someone who is not able to bear it. Allah states:  “Allah does not charge anyone a duty it has no strength to endure.”

 

Allah also excused people with disabilities form staying away from going on expeditions:

 

That is why there is the consensus of scholars that people with excuses (including the blind who do not find guides to escort them) are exempt from attending the congregation at the Mosque.

 

As for the hadith you have cited, there is another one that contradicts it. Uthman b Malik al-Ansari reports: He told the Prophet that because of poor vision, he was unable to go to the mosque in the village as the floods may prevent him from reaching there; so requested the Prophet to visit him and pray in a specific spot so that he can set it aside as a mosque. The Prophet complied with his request, and he visited him in the company of Abu Bakr. Upon reaching home, he asked him where he wanted the Prophet to pray. He pointed to a corner, and the Prophet told them to line up behind him, and he offered the Prayer in the spot he showed him. (Reported by Bukhari and Muslim)

 

Moreover, the hadith in question is a solitary or isolated report which contradicts the established principles of the Shariah as we can infer from the Qur’an.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.