What is the ruling on linking the recitation in tarawih with the recitation in the other loud prayers in Ramadan?
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, some of the imams of the mosques in Ramadan recite the Qur'an in the loud prayers linked to their recitation in the tarawih prayer. Is this practice prescribed?
Answer:
This practice is an innovation. This is an innovated practice, and it does not suffice in place of the virtue of reciting the Qur'an in the night prayer. What is prescribed in this month is to recite the Qur'an from its beginning to its end in the night prayer.
[In] the tarawih prayer and the tahajjud prayer, and to complete at least one recitation of the Qur'an, and if he completes more or does better, [that is better]. We have seen some of our shaykhs and imams whom we have encountered complete the recitation of the Qur'an in the night prayer in the month of Ramadan three times. And Allah, we have seen them do so.
They complete the recitation of the Qur'an in the fasting of Ramadan three times, and they begin the fourth, but they used to get tired and endure the night prayer, and they kept their time, and they were delighted and happy, and they did not get tired psychologically. And even if they got tired physically, they were at ease psychologically, in joy, in blessing, and in delight. As for us, we have become such that when Ramadan comes, it is as if there is a prison before us and we want the exits and we want...
And among that is this exit that some of them take, which is that he counts, he counts his recitation in the obligatory prayers as part of his recitation in the night prayer, and this is an error.
And some of them count his recitation while he is sitting in the mosque as part of the recitation of the night prayer, and this is laziness and lethargy. What is the difference between the one who completes the recitation of the Qur'an three times in this month in the night prayer and the one who does not complete it even once, or patches it together from here and there? And he counts things that are not included in the night prayer. This is among the innovations and among the stratagems that are not permissible. Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, some of the imams of the mosques in Ramadan recite the Qur'an in the loud prayers linked to their recitation in the tarawih prayer. Is this practice prescribed?
Answer:
This practice is an innovation. This is an innovated practice, and it does not suffice in place of the virtue of reciting the Qur'an in the night prayer. What is prescribed in this month is to recite the Qur'an from its beginning to its end in the night prayer.
[In] the tarawih prayer and the tahajjud prayer, and to complete at least one recitation of the Qur'an, and if he completes more or does better, [that is better]. We have seen some of our shaykhs and imams whom we have encountered complete the recitation of the Qur'an in the night prayer in the month of Ramadan three times. And Allah, we have seen them do so.
They complete the recitation of the Qur'an in the fasting of Ramadan three times, and they begin the fourth, but they used to get tired and endure the night prayer, and they kept their time, and they were delighted and happy, and they did not get tired psychologically. And even if they got tired physically, they were at ease psychologically, in joy, in blessing, and in delight. As for us, we have become such that when Ramadan comes, it is as if there is a prison before us and we want the exits and we want...
And among that is this exit that some of them take, which is that he counts, he counts his recitation in the obligatory prayers as part of his recitation in the night prayer, and this is an error.
And some of them count his recitation while he is sitting in the mosque as part of the recitation of the night prayer, and this is laziness and lethargy. What is the difference between the one who completes the recitation of the Qur'an three times in this month in the night prayer and the one who does not complete it even once, or patches it together from here and there? And he counts things that are not included in the night prayer. This is among the innovations and among the stratagems that are not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1 - 55 ما حكم ربط القراءة في التراويح مع القراءة في الصلوات الجهرية الأخرى في رمضان - الشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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