We [sincerely] advise ourselves and the Muslims by taking advantage of these remaining days of this noble month with worship and an increase in worship and seeking forgiveness, and an increase in supplication and an increase in charitable deeds, because it is [approaching] the end of the month.
Visit our YouTube channel for more This audio recording is that of Shaykh Abu Bakr ash-Shaatiree leading the Taraaweeh prayer in Masjid Sa’eed ibn Jubayr in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – during Ramadhaan 1412 (March 1992).
Ibn Seereen would pray [the voluntary prayer] with a mus.haf by his side, and if he hesitated [in his recitation] he would look inside it.
[As a rule] it is permissible [for a man] to pray the voluntary prayer – such as the taraaweeh – at home.
[As a rule] there is no harm in you praying it (the taraaweeh prayer) at home, since it is [a] voluntary [prayer].
Establishing the night prayer [taraaweeh] in the masjid during Ramadhaan is a sunnah.
Whoever prolongs the night prayer, Allaah will make easy for him his standing on the Day of Ressurection.
We see many people who only pray during Ramadhaan, and when Ramadhaan ends, they abandon the masaajid. So what do you say to these people [O] noble Shaykh, and may Allaah reward you with good?
What is the ruling regarding women attending the taraaweeh [prayer]? And what is best [for them] in that regard?
What has the taraaweeh [تراويح] prayer been named as such; what is the origin behind it?
