Is the tarawih prayer in the mosque better, or at home?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, what about the one who leaves the tarawih prayer and is content only with the voluntary prayer after the obligatory prayer, and prays tarawih at home?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if he prays tarawih at home, he gets the reward, but his reward is less than that of the one who prays with the people in the mosque, because the tarawih prayer is one of the distinctive practices of Islam that appears in Ramadan, appearing in the mosques. This is the best: filling the mosques with it. Yes.
The questioner:
He asks about...
The Shaykh:
Except for the one who is unable to go to the mosque; he is written the reward of the one who went to the mosque. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what about the one who leaves the tarawih prayer and is content only with the voluntary prayer after the obligatory prayer, and prays tarawih at home?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if he prays tarawih at home, he gets the reward, but his reward is less than that of the one who prays with the people in the mosque, because the tarawih prayer is one of the distinctive practices of Islam that appears in Ramadan, appearing in the mosques. This is the best: filling the mosques with it. Yes.
The questioner:
He asks about...
The Shaykh:
Except for the one who is unable to go to the mosque; he is written the reward of the one who went to the mosque. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4096] هل صلاة التراويح في المسجد أفضل أم في البيت؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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