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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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A man prolonged the du'a' in the qunut of the tarawih, causing hardship for the ma'mum, so one of them left the prayer. What is the ruling on his prayer?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: One of the young men led us in the tarawih and made the qunut, prolonging it greatly, and he used a lot of rhyming, melodic intonation, and musical composition in his supplication, which made it unbearable for me, so I left the prayer. Is my action correct or wrong? And does this kind of qunut invalidate the prayer?

Answer:
This is a mistake in any case; it is a mistake and a hardship for the ma'mum. As for your leaving the prayer, if it was for a need or because it was hard on you, there is nothing wrong with that. The man who prayed behind Mu'adh, and Mu'adh prolonged the prayer by reciting Surat al-Baqarah, the man separated, completed his prayer, and went to his business. This reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did not disapprove of it. So if separating from the imam is due to a need that arises for him, there is nothing wrong with that. And among that is the prolonging that causes boredom; this is boring prolonging without a doubt, and it is a hardship for the ma'mum. People have their own occupations, and among them are the elderly and the weak. The imam should take them into consideration. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever leads the people, let him shorten the prayer,أيكم أم الناس فليخفف،
for among them are the elderly, the sick, and the one with a need. If he prays for himself, let him prolong it as much as he wishes,فإن فيهم الكبير والمريض وذا الحاجة، فإذا صلى لنفسه فليطول ما شاء،
So the imam takes into consideration the conditions of the ma'mum, does not make it hard on them, and follows the weakest among them.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [744 -858] رجل أطال الدعاء في قنوت التراويح فشق على المأموين، فخرج أحدهم من الصلاة، فما حكم صلاته؟ — youtube.com

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