Is it better to be deliberate in the Tarawih prayer or to increase the number of rak'ahs?
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Question : May Allah bless you. We are discussing the Tarawih prayer. Shaykh Muhammad (may Allah preserve him), what is better: increasing the number of rak'ahs and reducing the recitation, or the opposite?
Answer : The better option is to be deliberate in the recitation, the bowing, the prostration, the standing, and the sitting, so that the Muslims perform it with humility and presence of heart, and with supplication and glorification in their proper places.
As for haste combined with a large number of rak'ahs, it is not appropriate. The people’s concern should not be to rush through this number without caring about humility, presence of heart, and abundant supplication and glorification in their proper places. This is a great defect.
Some people have told me that when they pray Tarawih behind an imam, they are unable to fulfill the obligatory requirement, namely the tranquility in their bowing and prostration.
An imam with whom people cannot fulfill the obligatory tranquility is not permissible for them to pray behind, because if they pray behind him, they are between two prohibitions: either they follow him while leaving off the tranquility, or they leave off following him and fall behind him.
In this situation, they should go to another mosque. Then the imam should fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) regarding his Muslim brothers and be deliberate with them until
Answer : The better option is to be deliberate in the recitation, the bowing, the prostration, the standing, and the sitting, so that the Muslims perform it with humility and presence of heart, and with supplication and glorification in their proper places.
As for haste combined with a large number of rak'ahs, it is not appropriate. The people’s concern should not be to rush through this number without caring about humility, presence of heart, and abundant supplication and glorification in their proper places. This is a great defect.
Some people have told me that when they pray Tarawih behind an imam, they are unable to fulfill the obligatory requirement, namely the tranquility in their bowing and prostration.
An imam with whom people cannot fulfill the obligatory tranquility is not permissible for them to pray behind, because if they pray behind him, they are between two prohibitions: either they follow him while leaving off the tranquility, or they leave off following him and fall behind him.
In this situation, they should go to another mosque. Then the imam should fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) regarding his Muslim brothers and be deliberate with them until
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 521- التأني في صلاة التراويح أفضل ام زيادة عدد الركعات/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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