Is it permissible for one who holds that the tarawih prayer should not exceed eleven rak'ahs to pray twenty-three rak'ahs with the imam, as Ibn Mas'ud did when he prayed behind 'Uthman who completed the travel prayer?
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The questioner : Is it permissible for one who holds that the tarawih prayer should not exceed eleven rak'ahs to pray twenty-three rak'ahs with the imam, as 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud did when he prayed behind 'Uthman who completed the travel prayer?
The Shaykh : Correct, correct, there is no doubt. I see that this is a mistaken ijtihad (independent legal reasoning); there is no ambiguity in this. Follow them in the obligatory prayer by adding two rak'ahs to a single prayer; how much more so by adding scattered rak'ahs, each pair standing alone?
The Shaykh : Correct, correct, there is no doubt. I see that this is a mistaken ijtihad (independent legal reasoning); there is no ambiguity in this. Follow them in the obligatory prayer by adding two rak'ahs to a single prayer; how much more so by adding scattered rak'ahs, each pair standing alone?