The Ruling on Delaying the Tarawih Prayer to the End of the Night
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Question:
The questioner says: The mosque of my family has agreed to pray the tarawih in the last third of the night. Is their prayer called tarawih? And which is better, praying the tarawih after 'Isha' or at the end of the night? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This is contrary to the Sunnah. The tarawih is in the first part of the night, the tarawih is immediately after the 'Isha' prayer. If one prays 'Isha' and performs the rawatib, the tarawih is prayed. This is the Sunnah, and this is the practice of the Muslims. As for praying at the end of the night, this is not tarawih; this is tahajjud. If one wants to pray tahajjud in addition to the tarawih, that is a good thing. But delaying the tarawih to the end of the night is contrary to the Sunnah.
The questioner says: The mosque of my family has agreed to pray the tarawih in the last third of the night. Is their prayer called tarawih? And which is better, praying the tarawih after 'Isha' or at the end of the night? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This is contrary to the Sunnah. The tarawih is in the first part of the night, the tarawih is immediately after the 'Isha' prayer. If one prays 'Isha' and performs the rawatib, the tarawih is prayed. This is the Sunnah, and this is the practice of the Muslims. As for praying at the end of the night, this is not tarawih; this is tahajjud. If one wants to pray tahajjud in addition to the tarawih, that is a good thing. But delaying the tarawih to the end of the night is contrary to the Sunnah.
Source
مجالس رمضان 1428هـ - 02 — alfawzan.live (19:50)
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