Traveling to another city to pray with the imam of the tarawih prayer
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Question:
He says: What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, on traveling to a city other than the one I live in to pray with an imam there for the tarawih prayer?
Answer:
There is no harm in traveling for the sake of praying with a person, or visiting the sick, or visiting for the sake of love in Allah. What is prohibited is traveling for the sake of a specific place, for a specific mosque, for praying in a mosque other than the three, or for a place that is venerated. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Jami` at-Tirmidhi 326Sahih (Darussalam). If it is in the mosques, the Sacred Mosque, the mosque in this place, and al-Aqsa Mosque, one does not travel except to a mosque other than the three, or to a place. However, traveling to visit a brother in Allah, or to visit a sick person, or for trade, is permissible.
He says: What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, on traveling to a city other than the one I live in to pray with an imam there for the tarawih prayer?
Answer:
There is no harm in traveling for the sake of praying with a person, or visiting the sick, or visiting for the sake of love in Allah. What is prohibited is traveling for the sake of a specific place, for a specific mosque, for praying in a mosque other than the three, or for a place that is venerated. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
A mount is not saddled (for a journey) except
لا تشد الرحال إلا
Source
فتاوى رمضانية — islamhouse.com (39:32)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
