nowadays taraveeh finishes so late and in places like Edmonton, Canada - people come back from Taraveeh at about 1:30 AM and then have to get up in about 2 hours or less to do sehri. I am pretty practicing Muslim but honestly I see a ruling is in demand to make fasting easy for Muslim community.
The way I see it, offering taraveeh is sunnat, but reading full quran in Taraveeh is not. It was started later on where scholars combined 2 sunnats in one (finishing at least one quran in ramadhan and offering Taraveeh prayers). Why cant scholars pass ruling to separate the sunnats again. Finish Taraveeh with small sura’s (so people can return to their homes early) and encourage people to read Quran at home.
Many people (including myself) feel very discouraged about going to mosque and coming back home after midnight. Summer fasting is already difficult and late taraveeh makes it even more difficult.
taraweeh is an innovation........so making an adjustment to make it more convenient for everybody shudn't require a fatwa and shudn't b tht much of a problem.....
nowadays taraveeh finishes so late and in places like Edmonton, Canada - people come back from Taraveeh at about 1:30 AM and then have to get up in about 2 hours or less to do sehri. I am pretty practicing Muslim but honestly I see a ruling is in demand to make fasting easy for Muslim community.
The way I see it, offering taraveeh is sunnat, but reading full quran in Taraveeh is not. It was started later on where scholars combined 2 sunnats in one (finishing at least one quran in ramadhan and offering Taraveeh prayers). Why cant scholars pass ruling to separate the sunnats again. Finish Taraveeh with small sura's (so people can return to their homes early) and encourage people to read Quran at home.
Many people (including myself) feel very discouraged about going to mosque and coming back home after midnight. Summer fasting is already difficult and late taraveeh makes it even more difficult.
it is not mandatory to read whole para in 20 rakah. imam or the person leading taraweeh can recite at least three aayah in each rakat.
Are there no masajid thr (like in Pakistan) whr they recite short surahs from 30th para and finish taraveeh in 30-40 minutes. Moreover, I observed many ppl who leave for home after 8 rakats on the basis that Rasool Allah (SAW) also performed 8 rakats of Taraveeh at times.
Taraveeh is not part of fasting. Fast has its own reward and taraveeh has its own. So if you do not feel like completing the whole 20 or 8 you can leave whenever it is convenient for you.
There is no way on earth that any Masjid will go for your proposal , if you bring it into discussion they will say the same thing I said.
Taraveeh or Qayam al layl (term also used for Tahajjud) is not obligatory. Anyone who is not in a position to pray it, does not need to offer this prayer. However, as an opinion to this fatwa, my take is following:
Prophet (saw) offered taraveeh for three consecutive days but stopped praying in Jamaat fearing if it may become obligatory, after witnessing the love of Sahaba for this prayer. It means that it is a sunnah prayer that prophet wanted to pray in jamaat.
Hazrat Umer (RA) re-established the jamaat in his caliphate since wahi was stopped and it would not have been made obligatory. Incidentally, he only started/revived the sunnah according to the prophet's desire. In the process, it became sunnah of Hazrat Umer (ra) as well. No innovation there at all.
A hadith confirms that Prophet (saw) asked us to follow Quran, his sunnah and the sunnah of his rightly guided caliphs. Hazrat Umer (ra) was one of them.
Offering Taraveeh in the month of Ramadan is one sunnah
Listening to whole Quran in taraveeh is another sunnah
Note that reading of Quran (Khatam) by individual is a separate sunnah than listening of it in taraveeh.
Hence, by not listening to the whole Quran in taraveeh does not satisfy the sunnah, although leaving it does not bear any sin as well.
This understanding should be corrected and not to be confused. In masajid al harmain, 20 rakaat of taraveeh are offered each ramadan with whole Quran recitation till date. This sunnah is still in practice in the most holy and sacred places of Muslims by the same muslim school of thought that believe in 8 rakaat.
Are there no masajid thr (like in Pakistan) whr they recite short surahs from 30th para and finish taraveeh in 30-40 minutes. Moreover, I observed many ppl who leave for home after 8 rakats on the basis that Rasool Allah (SAW) also performed 8 rakats of Taraveeh at times.
i get really tired easily and i find it difficult to wake up for sehri ..so the masjid my hubby and i go to ...we just leave after 8 rakat ...i think it's reasonable enough..since it's also the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet SAW
If I were to ever be a major player in a masjid then I would urge in the shorter nights of the year for the Qur'an to be split up amongst all five prayer jammats, and so a bit is read in fajr, dzuhr, 'asr, maghrib, 'isha, taraweeh and witr ... instead of doing all of it during just taraweeh.
This will shorten the time required to complete the Qur'an ... however it will not be suitable for those who cannot attend all jammats, but then they will be shorter nights and the Qur'an can be read a reasonable pace so each word can be heard clearly - the pace that some huffaaz read the Qur'an is makruh ... so I think what is the point ...
As for taraweeh - it is required for fasting, praying in Jama' is sunnah but there is no evidence to suggest that it was ever left out on an individual basis. According to majority opinion it is not the same as qayam-ul-layl - which is tahujjud - which is where the 8 rakah references come from - it is separate from this. Tahajjud is read in short time before fajr whereas taraweeh is interlaced between the 'isha fard and witr.
If I were to ever be a major player in a masjid then I would urge in the shorter nights of the year for the Qur'an to be split up amongst all five prayer jammats, and so a bit is read in fajr, dzuhr, 'asr, maghrib, 'isha, taraweeh and witr ... instead of doing all of it during just taraweeh.
My understanding is that the purpose to recite the quran in taraweeh so muqtadis can finish a quran by listening. Your suggestion is great but in Zuhr and Asr, Imam does not recite loudly, so it may not count towards muqtadis quran.
Taraweeh is sunnah so if you don't feel like it don't read it. It all comes to how much effort one put in ibadah. But again if we are completing our fardhs then we shouldn't be worrying about sunnah and make new fatwas on it.
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