My question is regarding Taraweeh prayer. I have been praying at various different mosques throughout this month.
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question is regarding Taraweeh prayer. I have been praying at various different
mosques throughout this month. Initially, I was praying at one of my two local
mosques, then I went to
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Answer:
Change mosque for tarawih
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2208 Narrated by Al-Bara' ibn Azib
Al-Bara' heard Allah's Messenger (saws) say,
"Beautify the Qur'an with your voices, for the beautiful voice increases
the beauty of the Qur'an."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
2209 Narrated by Tawus
Tawus said that
the Prophet (saws) was asked who had the most beautiful voice for the Qur'an
and whose recitation was most beautiful, he (saws) replied, 'The one whom you
think when you hear him recite that he fears Allah."
It is only natural and a sign
of one’s faith that one loves to hear the Quran being recited beautifully; and
if your intention to try different mosques in your area was so that you may
offer your ‘tarawih’ prayers and thus listen to the Quran that was recited the
most beautifully, there is absolutely no harm and no sin in the least.
Sa'id bin Al-Musayyib reported from Abu
Hurairah that the Prophet (saws) said, "You should not undertake a special
journey to visit any place (of worship) other than the three Mosques: the
Sacred Mosque of Makkah, this mosque of mine (in Madinah), and Al-Aqsa Mosque
(of
Related by Bukhari, Muslim, and Abu Daw'ud.
What is absolutely forbidden in
Islam is that one undertake a special journey to visit a place of worship or a
mosque (other than the three mosques listed above), assuming that their worship
there is more meritorious or earns more rewards than his worship anywhere else. But if one changes or tries different mosques
in one’s area only so that he may pray ‘tarawih’ behind an ‘imam’ who has the
most beautiful voice so that one’s ‘khushu’ or sincerity in one’s prayer is
increased, there is absolutely no harm and no sin in the least!
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister