Sitting for the Tashahhud in the Eighth of Nine Rak'ahs and Reciting Tarawih in One Continuous Sequence
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We passed by the hadithSahih Muslim 746a Does that mean the tashahhud?
The Shaykh:
And he does not sit.
The questioner:
Sahih Muslim 746a It is prescribed.
The Shaykh:
It appears that he performs the tashahhud, but he does not say the taslim. However, the predominant state of his practice is that he prays two rak'ahs at a time, and he may recite them in one continuous sequence at times. This is the reconciliation of the hadiths, yes, that the predominant practice is to pray them two rak'ahs at a time, and he may recite them in one continuous sequence at times to indicate the permissibility, yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Ahh.
The Shaykh:
But the prayer of tarawih is, in any case, two rak'ahs at a time, this is by consensus. No one said that it is linked together as some pretentious people do. No one said that the prayer of tarawih is linked together entirely, and one does not say the taslim except at the end, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We passed by the hadith
and would offer nine rak'ahs, and would not sit but in the eighth one and would remember Allah, and praise Him and supplicate Him, then he would get up without uttering the salutation
ويصلي تسع ركعات لا يجلس فيها إلا في الثامنة فيذكر الله ويحمده ويدعوه ثم ينهض ولا يسلمThe Shaykh:
And he does not sit.
The questioner:
and would not sit but in the eighth one and would remember Allah, and praise Him and supplicate Him, then he would get up without
لا يجلس فيها إلا في الثامنة فيذكر الله ويحمده ويدعوه ثم ينهض ولاThe Shaykh:
It appears that he performs the tashahhud, but he does not say the taslim. However, the predominant state of his practice is that he prays two rak'ahs at a time, and he may recite them in one continuous sequence at times. This is the reconciliation of the hadiths, yes, that the predominant practice is to pray them two rak'ahs at a time, and he may recite them in one continuous sequence at times to indicate the permissibility, yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Ahh.
The Shaykh:
But the prayer of tarawih is, in any case, two rak'ahs at a time, this is by consensus. No one said that it is linked together as some pretentious people do. No one said that the prayer of tarawih is linked together entirely, and one does not say the taslim except at the end, yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-05-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (50:19)
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