Is it permissible to follow the imam from the mushaf during the tarawih prayer?
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Question:
He says that some people in the tarawih prayer take the mushafs and follow the imam.
Answer:
It is not permissible, because taking the mushaf occupies you from listening to the Qur'an. You look at the letters, you look at the letters, and you read the verses, and this occupies you from listening to the imam. The imam's recitation:[Al-A'raf 7:204] So listen to it and pay attention. It is obligatory for you to listen. If you take the mushaf, you become occupied with following the mushaf. You read the verses, and this occupies you from your prayer.
Also, you miss a sunnah (recommended practice), which is placing the hands on the chest, because you are holding the mushaf in your hand, and you cannot perform the sunnah, which is placing the hands on the chest while standing. So this has no basis, and it causes you to miss a sunnah and occupies you from listening to the Qur'an from the imam.
So, so it is not permissible to take the mushafs in the tarawih prayer or any other prayer, except the imam if he does not memorize the Qur'an. If the imam does not memorize the Qur'an, he may read from the mushaf in the tarawih prayer or the tahajjud prayer. He may read from the mushaf as some of the Salaf (the earliest generations) did. And as Dhikwan used to pray behind her, the mother of the believers, Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), and he was her slave, and he read from the mushaf when necessary. There is no harm for the imam, for the imam or the one praying alone. But the ma'mum (one praying behind the imam) does not take the mushaf.
He says that some people in the tarawih prayer take the mushafs and follow the imam.
Answer:
It is not permissible, because taking the mushaf occupies you from listening to the Qur'an. You look at the letters, you look at the letters, and you read the verses, and this occupies you from listening to the imam. The imam's recitation:
So when the Qur'an is recited
واذا قرئ القرانAlso, you miss a sunnah (recommended practice), which is placing the hands on the chest, because you are holding the mushaf in your hand, and you cannot perform the sunnah, which is placing the hands on the chest while standing. So this has no basis, and it causes you to miss a sunnah and occupies you from listening to the Qur'an from the imam.
So, so it is not permissible to take the mushafs in the tarawih prayer or any other prayer, except the imam if he does not memorize the Qur'an. If the imam does not memorize the Qur'an, he may read from the mushaf in the tarawih prayer or the tahajjud prayer. He may read from the mushaf as some of the Salaf (the earliest generations) did. And as Dhikwan used to pray behind her, the mother of the believers, Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), and he was her slave, and he read from the mushaf when necessary. There is no harm for the imam, for the imam or the one praying alone. But the ma'mum (one praying behind the imam) does not take the mushaf.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز متابعة الإمام من المصحف في التراويح؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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