If we pray the Tarawih prayer at home, will we be credited with standing the night, or not?

The questioner : There is a problem here, O Shaykh. If we pray the standing prayer at home, I prayed the standing prayer alone at home. Will I be credited with standing the night, even though outside of Ramadan we pray the standing prayer, praise be to Allah, and we have good expectations of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), because it is written for us? So why does the hadith specify Ramadan until the imam departs? Suppose I prayed alone at home and did not pray the standing prayer with the imam; otherwise, this is an addition from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), meaning confirmation, or I do not know what term is applied to it?

The Shaykh : I understood you. Do you mean, when you ask this question, that he prayed the obligatory prayer in the mosque and then prayed the standing prayer of the night? Is that what you mean?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Okay, now let us limit the discussion to the standing prayer in his home. It is not hidden that the standing prayer of the night, the first thing that comes to mind, is standing the night from its beginning to its end. Do you mean this? The answer is: No.

The questioner : Yes, without a doubt.

The Shaykh : It is so, not all of it. But when he says to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "He was credited with standing the night," does this mean that or not?

The questioner : In the last third or the first third.

The Shaykh : We will come back later to complete our discussion, yes. It is self-evident that thisThe questioner : does not mean that when he prayed the obligatory prayer with the imam and returned home, he stood the entire night. We agree that this is not what it means. Do we take a step back from that? Does it mean he stood most of the night? I think the answer is also no. Does it mean he stood half the night? I think the answer is: No. Does it mean he stood a third of the night? Perhaps, and generally, also no. So his standing might be half an hour, he stood an hour of time, and so on.
So can we say he was credited with standing the night? You take the answer for yourself now, okay. We return now to the hadith , we understood here standing the night on the first level which we denied for the one praying in the home.
Okay, here we will say what is the nature of the standing prayer, this completion by the previous sequence. Does it mean he stood the entire night? Also the answer is: No. Does it mean he stood most of the night? Also the answer is no. Does it mean he stood half the night? The answer is no. So less than that. So the virtue of participating with the congregation in the mosque is what enabled this congregation, whose nature is combining the prayer of 'Isha' and the standing prayer with the congregation, to be credited with the prayer of standing. Clear?

The questioner : With Abu Malik, when he leads Muhammad al-Mar'i, he enters and completes the prayer, and Abu Malik is praying the four rak'ahs. Does this include the hadith: ?

The Shaykh : ... They divide it into two parts.

The questioner : So one part is with Mar'i and one part remains?

The Shaykh : He prays with Abu Malik in the second part.

The questioner : Abu Mar'i.

The Shaykh : No, the one you are asking about, whether he is credited, the one being asked about is the first part he prayed with Mar'i, and the second part he prayed with Abu Malik?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : The answer is, it is hoped, it is hoped, we cannot say with certainty.

The questioner : So it is better to remain with Abu Malik, meaning, pray the first part.

The Shaykh : No, it is better not to divide the prayer like this into two parts. So either it is prayed in full at the beginning of the night, or it is prayed in full at the end of the night, so that the hadith applies to him.

The questioner : Well, I avoid this action and pray with a mosque where the imam leads it all with 'Isha' with the congregation, so that I get the virtue of the hadith, or do I not cut it into two parts with my mosque?

The Shaykh : This is like the researches we are looking into, it is difficult to decide on it with certainty. So this returns to the person's peace of mind and his feeling of benefit from the keeping of the night, whether it is here or there. I do not have a decisive answer in it.

The questioner : O our Shaykh.

The Shaykh : ... The adhan has not been called yet.

The questioner : The adhan.