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TARAWIH PRAYERS
Offering them in the Mosques -
Is it a Sunnah of the Prophet or A Bid'ah - an Innovation to
perfected Deen?
TARAWIH
Optional Salaats (prayers) offered after the 'Isha
prayers, every night during the month of Ramadan.
An Appeal to MUSLIMS:
Research to establish; i) Do Muslim authors confirm that Prophet Muhammad (sws)
had personally discouraged the practice of reciting TARAWIH
PRAYERS IN MOSQUES, by his words and
actions since he did not want
that to become a Bid'ah - an added obligation. ii) Did the Prophet himself
prayed Tarawih Prayers for no more than three nights during his
life time. iii) During the rule of Hadhrat Abu Bakr (ra) these Prayers
were not observed by the Believers. iv) If a vast
majority disobeys Prophet's Sunnah, is it acceptable to disobey our
beloved Prophet?
v) Can an Ijma (consensus among the Islamic scholars),
over rule the Sunnah in favour of Bid'ah started during
the Khalifat of the 2nd Khalif? vi) One does not
find a Command for Tarawih Prayers within the Qur'an that
had perfected Deen Islam.
The Qur'an speaks of Tahajjud Prayer which is recited
in the homes. The Prophet (S) had recommended to offer these
Tarawih Prayers and Recite the Qur'an
in
our Homes.
Allah's Messenger
DID NOT go to his Mosque for Tarawih
Prayers.
Please continue reading to learn the Realities. In case of
doubts please the Books and obtain the information first hand. Below are a
few texts from Books and Islamic CDs:
Al-Bukhari 8: 134 (The text below is
reproduced from the computer CD 'ALIM')
Allah's Apostle made a
small room (with a palm leaf mat). Allah's Apostle came out (of his house)
and prayed in it. Some men came and joined him in his prayer. Then again
the next night they came for the prayer, but Allah's Apostle delayed and
did not come out to them. So they raised their voices and knocked the door
with small
stones (to draw his attention). He came out to them in a state of anger,
saying, "You are still insisting (on
your deed, i.e. Tarawih prayer in the mosque) that I thought that this
prayer (Tarawih) might become obligatory on you. So you people, offer this
prayer at your homes, for the best prayer of a person is the one which
he offers at home, except the compulsory (congregational) prayer."
The following text was added on October 14, 2004:
- The entire text of the above Hadeeth
in Arabic and English
is found in the published book SAHIH AL-BUKHARI Volume 8, Book 78 'THE BOOK OF
AL-ADAB (GOOD MANNERS)', Page 81, Hadeeth No. 6113, Narrated by Zaid bin
Thabit. The same Hadeeth is repeated in Volume 9, Book 96 'HOLDING FAST
TO THE QUR'AN AND THE SUNNAH', Page 240, Hadeeth No. 7290 Narrated by
Zaid bin Thabit who was the personal secretary of the Prophet (s.a.s.).
- Both these Hadeeths
do end with this noteworthy
passage:-
- "Therefore,
O people! Perform your Salat (prayers) at your homes, for the
best prayer of a person is what is performed at his home except the
compulsory (congregational) prayer."
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- Below is the Scanned Image from Vol. 9,
Page 240 of the printed copy entitled 'Sahih Al-Bukhari' -
Arabic- English by DARUSSALAM, Riyadh, S. Arabia:
The following verse of the Qur'an guides the believers
to follow the "People in authority from among us" as long as they do not
teach us or command us to follow that which is contradictory or disputable
to what has been revealed to us by Allah (s.w.t.) in His Book or what His Prophet had
preached or acted upon during his life. Follow only the Qur'an and
Sunnah of Prophet.
"O you who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger
and those of you who are in authority; and if you have a dispute
concerning any matter, refer it to Allah and the messenger if you are (in
truth) believers in Allah and the Last Day. That is
better and more seemly in the end." Qur'an 4: 59.
"And whatsoever the messenger
giveth you, take it. And whatsoever he forbiddeth, abstain (from it). And keep
your duty to Allah. Lo! Allah is stern in reprisal." Q. 59:7.
ALLAH (S.W.T.)
ALONE KNOWS THE TRUTH....
May Allah Guide the Ummah to HIS
DEEN
based upon HIS REVEALED WORDS.
Ameen
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