The Muslim's Obligations in the Month of Ramadan, and Guidance for Imams and Mu'adhhdhins

The questioner:
Muhammad al-Ahmadi from al-Madinah al-Munawwarah asks and says: May Allah bless you. We would like Honorable Shaykh Salih to direct a word to the imams and mu'adhhdhins, as we are on the threshold of the blessed month of Ramadan, to pay attention to the tarawih prayer and not to exaggerate in supplication.

The Shaykh:
Yes, we are approaching a noble, great month and a generous season. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed his Companions of the arrival of Ramadan. He said, "A great, blessed month has come upon you," giving them glad tidings of it. It is a great month. It is obligatory to preserve its times in the obedience of Allah the Exalted, both the obligatory and the recommended acts. One must preserve the prayers, preserve his fasting, and not neglect it, so that he may be among those who have grasped the month and completed the reward from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah bless you. This is Abu Ahmad from al-Dammam. He says: The virtue of the scholars is great. Yes.

The Shaykh:
A moment, a moment, to complete the answer to the question regarding the imams.

The presenter:
Yes.

The Shaykh:
And the mu'adhhdhins: I advise the mu'adhhdhins to preserve the time and not to call the adhan at sunset or at dawn except upon the actual entry of the time, so that they do not mislead the people. They should not advance the adhan unless they are calling it, meaning, for the Fajr, they should not advance the Fajr adhan unless they are calling it at the appearance of the dawn.
This is so that the people, with the first adhan, wake up for the suhur and for standing in prayer, and with the second adhan, they abstain from food and drink and begin their fasting with that. They are entrusted with a trust. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So they have a great responsibility. The mu'adhdhin preserves the time at suhur and at iftar. And the imam preserves the tarawih prayer in Ramadan; it is specific to Ramadan, prayed in congregation in the mosques. Preserve it, so that you do not lengthen it to the point of burdening the ma'mumin, nor shorten it to the point of compromising the prayer. Rather, he must balance both: completing the prayer while shortening it in the tarawih prayer and the qiyam prayer. And he must not confuse the ma'mumin by saying that the tarawih prayer or the qiyam of Ramadan is a bid'ah (religious innovation), as some ignorant people say. It is a sunnah (recommended practice) established from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), from his Rightly Guided Caliphs, and from the righteous Salaf. The qiyam of Ramadan, through the tarawih prayer and the tahajjud prayer in the last part of Ramadan, is a sunnah (recommended practice) established from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and from the righteous Salaf.
So let this great religious practice not be missed by the ma'mumin because he is lazy about it or delegates it to someone else. Imamate is a trust on his soul. He must preserve it, perform it, and preserve the tarawih prayer and the tahajjud prayer in the prescribed manner, and not shirk from it.