The place for performing the post-prayer regular voluntary prayer (rawatib) for the imam

The questioner:
He says: Sometimes I want to leave before performing the regular voluntary prayer because of work, or I want to perform it at home, but I am afraid. He says: Sometimes I want to leave before performing the regular voluntary prayer because of work, or I want to perform it at home, but I am sometimes afraid that the young ones will understand that the regular voluntary prayer is not important, so I perform it in the mosque.

The Shaykh:
Not important.

The questioner:
He is afraid that the young ones will think that it is not possible, that he does not pray the regular voluntary prayer, and that the idea that the regular voluntary prayer is not important settles in their hearts, so he performs it in the mosque and not at home, the post-prayer regular voluntary prayer.

The Shaykh:
The person who leaves at the time of the iqamah performs it at his home, while the one who leaves early to sit in the mosque performs it in the mosque. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform it at his home because he did not go out to the mosque except for the iqamah; he would establish the prayer immediately upon reaching the mihrab. Yes, and the matter is broad in this regard, praise be to Allah. Yes.