The Claim of Good Innovation and the Tarawih Prayer
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, I read in one of the books that there is a good innovation, and among them is tarawih, and a bad innovation. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
This statement is not correct. Tarawih is not an innovation. Tarawih is a sunnah (recommended practice) that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) performed for a few days, then he stopped doing it with them out of fear that it would become obligatory upon them. Then the Companions performed it after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So it is not an innovation; it is not an innovation. Rather, it is a confirmed sunnah. Yes. The sunnah of tarawih is confirmed. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, I read in one of the books that there is a good innovation, and among them is tarawih, and a bad innovation. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
This statement is not correct. Tarawih is not an innovation. Tarawih is a sunnah (recommended practice) that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) performed for a few days, then he stopped doing it with them out of fear that it would become obligatory upon them. Then the Companions performed it after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So it is not an innovation; it is not an innovation. Rather, it is a confirmed sunnah. Yes. The sunnah of tarawih is confirmed. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (101) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-09-14] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (51:37)
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