One who wants to pray the recommended tarawih prayer in the last ten days for eleven rak'ahs, and you know that the tarawih prayer in the Haram is twenty-three rak'ahs

The questioner : If we want to pray the recommended prayer in tarawih in the last ten days, and you know that the tarawih prayer in the Haram is twenty-three rak'ahs, the standing prayer is eleven rak'ahs; what do we do?

The Shaykh : This question reminded me of a question I had read, and I do not remember that I answered it. Was it not in your first questions that... I answered the one that was at the hotel?

The questioner: All right.

The Shaykh : Fine; so it is better for her to pray in her house, or in her lodging, than to pray in the Sacred Mosque, even if this prayer were prescribed. How much more so since, in my opinion, it is not a prescribed prayer. Therefore, she may pray in her house. If it is absolutely necessary that she pray in the mosque, we do not prevent her from doing so, but the matter is as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . So if she prays, let her restrict herself to the recommended practice; which is eleven rak'ahs.

The questioner : And as for the man?

The Shaykh : Likewise, there is no difference, .

The questioner: Yes.

Another questioner : Excuse me, how does the worshipper exit the prayer while the imam is praying—for example, ten or twelve?

The Shaykh : He prayed ten. What is left for the...? One. He does not do something different. Either he goes after the ten rak'ahs to a distant place and comes back for the rak'ah, or he continues to follow the imam when he begins the eleventh rak'ah. When he stands for the second of the two rak'ahs, he intends to separate, and he sits for the tashahhud and the taslim... and peace be upon you.