What is your ruling on one who goes to a mosque far from his own mosque to pray the tarawih prayer there because its imam has a beautiful voice?
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The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : What do you say about one who goes to a mosque far from the mosque where he usually prays, either because he prefers the imam's voice, or because he feels more humility and comfort with him, or for some other reason, in order to perform the tarawih and tahajjud prayers?
The Shaykh : There is no blame on a person for going to a mosque other than the one in his neighborhood for the reasons the questioner mentioned or for others. However, it is better for him to remain in the mosque of his neighborhood, because that encourages the people of the neighborhood when some of them join together and get to know one another. If they take charge and go to another mosque, perhaps no one will remain with the imam and he will leave. We have been told that some mosques near mosques that have a reciter with a beautiful voice and good performance, people go to the mosque with the reciter and abandon their own mosques until they are closed and the 'Isha' prayer and the tarawih prayer are not performed in them. This is not what should be done. What should be done is that all mosques be filled with their people; that is what is best. However, we do not forbid anyone from going to a mosque whose reciter has a better voice and better performance.
The Shaykh : There is no blame on a person for going to a mosque other than the one in his neighborhood for the reasons the questioner mentioned or for others. However, it is better for him to remain in the mosque of his neighborhood, because that encourages the people of the neighborhood when some of them join together and get to know one another. If they take charge and go to another mosque, perhaps no one will remain with the imam and he will leave. We have been told that some mosques near mosques that have a reciter with a beautiful voice and good performance, people go to the mosque with the reciter and abandon their own mosques until they are closed and the 'Isha' prayer and the tarawih prayer are not performed in them. This is not what should be done. What should be done is that all mosques be filled with their people; that is what is best. However, we do not forbid anyone from going to a mosque whose reciter has a better voice and better performance.