The ruling on praying Tarawih at home for a student of knowledge
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: There are some students of knowledge who do not pray Tarawih and Tahajjud in the mosque with the congregation, but rather they pray them at home. They cite the hadithBulugh al-Maram 2:313, and they cite the fact that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) did not pray with the people when he gathered them on Abu [Bakr]...
Answer:
What is their evidence that 'Umar did not pray with them? What is their evidence? Also, the Tarawih prayer is prescribed to be prayed in congregation in the mosque, because it is among the apparent manifestations of Islam. If the people agreed to pray Tarawih in their homes and not in the mosque, that is not permissible. But if some of them, or many of them, pray in the mosque and one person prays at home, there is no harm, because the manifestation exists. The manifestation exists. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: There are some students of knowledge who do not pray Tarawih and Tahajjud in the mosque with the congregation, but rather they pray them at home. They cite the hadith
The most excellent prayer of a person is (that which he prays) in his house except that which is prescribed (the five congregational prayers).
أفضل صلاة المرء في بيته إلا المكتوبةAnswer:
What is their evidence that 'Umar did not pray with them? What is their evidence? Also, the Tarawih prayer is prescribed to be prayed in congregation in the mosque, because it is among the apparent manifestations of Islam. If the people agreed to pray Tarawih in their homes and not in the mosque, that is not permissible. But if some of them, or many of them, pray in the mosque and one person prays at home, there is no harm, because the manifestation exists. The manifestation exists. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 75 من 83 / شرح مختصر زاد المعاد / غزوة تبوك / صالح الفوزان / السيرة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (53:41)
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