The ruling on going to another mosque for the tarawih prayer because of the imam's beautiful voice
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The questioner : The questioner says: Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings. The month of Ramadan is approaching, and we ask Allah to let us reach it, and in the tarawih prayer to let us reach it, and that we fast it and stand in it in prayer with faith and the expectation of reward.
The questioner : Allah. And in the tarawih prayer, we see some people heading to certain mosques because of the beautiful voices of their imams, and they leave their own mosques. What is the ruling? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : The ruling in this matter is that there is nothing wrong with a person going to any mosque he wishes, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). However, if this leads to abandoning his mosque and missing a long time in reaching the second mosque, it is better for him to pray in his own mosque. This is because some people may go to a distant mosque, requiring a distance of half an hour or a third of an hour, and this precious time passes while he is walking. Although walking to worship is worship, walking to worship is not the same as the worship itself, because the worship is the point and the walking is the means.
The important point is that we see there is nothing wrong with intending the mosque that has the best recitation and reading and the most humility, but on the condition that this does not involve abandoning his mosque and being occupied with walking and going away from the precious times.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings. The month of Ramadan is approaching, and we ask Allah to let us reach it, and in the tarawih prayer to let us reach it, and that we fast it and stand in it in prayer with faith and the expectation of reward.
The questioner : Allah. And in the tarawih prayer, we see some people heading to certain mosques because of the beautiful voices of their imams, and they leave their own mosques. What is the ruling? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : The ruling in this matter is that there is nothing wrong with a person going to any mosque he wishes, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
The earth has been made for me a mosque and a place of purification
جعلت الأرض مسجدا وطهوراThe important point is that we see there is nothing wrong with intending the mosque that has the best recitation and reading and the most humility, but on the condition that this does not involve abandoning his mosque and being occupied with walking and going away from the precious times.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [26] حكم الذهاب إلى مسجد آخر في صلاة التراويح لحسن صوت إمامه - فوائد الخطب والمحاضرات - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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