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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is your advice for those who do not complete the tarawih with the imam?

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Question:
This man says that some people pray the ten rak'ahs of tarawih with the imam and then leave, abandoning the rest.

Answer:
These people have deprived themselves. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Indeed, whoever stands (praying) with the Imam until he finished, then it is recorded for him that he prayed the whole night.من قام مع الإمام حتى ينصرف كتب له قيام ليلة
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 806Sahih (Darussalam)
until the imam departs. As for you leaving before the imam, this diminishes your reward and you are deprived of this virtue of standing in night prayer. So pray with the Muslims if you want the reward and want it to be recorded for you as standing in night prayer. Pray with the Muslims until the tarawih prayer is finished. But if you do not want the reward, you and your soul are to your own liking; you are only depriving yourself. So pray with the Muslims, my brother, as long as they are praying tarawih.
Pray with them and you are in a good state and in reward. You are coming from the side of reward, coming from far away for the sake of reward, so why do you deprive yourself and leave while the people are praying tarawih? This is deprivation. There is no power and no strength except with Allah.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما نصيحتكم لمن لا يتمُّون التراويح مع الإمام؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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