Wa alaykum alsalam wa rahmatullah,
Yup, Ibn Omar held the view that praying nawafil at home is always better than in a masjid. He sounds a bit harsh right? Nevertheless, it isn't like he is referring to it as an innovation.
Trawih was never intended to be prayed in a mosque, as it is a nafl prayer. People compelled Umar to make it official. But this is not a problem for us, as we believe in sunnat of khulfas.
Shia thinks they will fool us into thinking taraweeh is Umar RA innovation :D Dont they find it very embarrasing that their version of imam stayed home & did taqiyya most of the time while fallible ibn Umar, ibn Abbas & others didnt need taqiyya & can go against "the tyrant" publicly?
There are contradictory reports about this. Some report that Allah's Apostle made a small room (with a palm leaf mat). Allah's Apostle came out (of his house) and prayed in it.Trawih was never intended to be prayed in a mosque, as it is a nafl prayer. People compelled Umar to make it official. But this is not a problem for us, as we believe in sunnat of khulfas.
but the big question is, why did Rasulullah shallallahu alayhi wasallam prayed taraweeh in the masjid at all if it was never intended to be done there? It didnt happen just once. We know for a fact he said he stopped due to fear it would be made obligatory for others. Is there any other naration explaining a different reason?
There are contradictory reports about this. Some report that Allah's Apostle made a small room (with a palm leaf mat). Allah's Apostle came out (of his house) and prayed in it.Trawih was never intended to be prayed in a mosque, as it is a nafl prayer. People compelled Umar to make it official. But this is not a problem for us, as we believe in sunnat of khulfas.
but the big question is, why did Rasulullah shallallahu alayhi wasallam prayed taraweeh in the masjid at all if it was never intended to be done there? It didnt happen just once. We know for a fact he said he stopped due to fear it would be made obligatory for others. Is there any other naration explaining a different reason?
But what is established is that Prophet prayed alone for three nights and when he saw people gathering behind him, he discontinued and ordered them (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)
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but the big question is, why did Rasulullah shallallahu alayhi wasallam prayed taraweeh in the masjid at all if it was never intended to be done there? It didnt happen just once. We know for a fact he said he stopped due to fear it would be made obligatory for others. Is there any other naration explaining a different reason?There are contradictory reports about this. Some report that Allah's Apostle made a small room (with a palm leaf mat). Allah's Apostle came out (of his house) and prayed in it.
It is a big supposition,bro, if we consider the outhouse of the Prophet as a mosque. The house of Prophet was adjacent to masjid e nabwi.So why would he conduct the congregation in his outhouse and not masjid e nabwi?but the big question is, why did Rasulullah shallallahu alayhi wasallam prayed taraweeh in the masjid at all if it was never intended to be done there? It didnt happen just once. We know for a fact he said he stopped due to fear it would be made obligatory for others. Is there any other naration explaining a different reason?There are contradictory reports about this. Some report that Allah's Apostle made a small room (with a palm leaf mat). Allah's Apostle came out (of his house) and prayed in it.
I think you missed my question bro. Regardless whether its a palm leaf made room, it is still done in the masjid. He shallallahu alayhi wasallam went out of his house to pray in the masjid & the 1 reason that we know of why he stopped was due to fear of it being made obligatory for his ummah. Is there a narration where he said "go to your house or dont pray in congregation"? We correctly question shia why would he use the word mawla which is ambigous & unclear if its about leadership, but have we asked ourselves why did he gave us an example of praying it in the masjid in the first place if its not suppose to be done there? Was this palm leaf room setup only during itikaf period? If it is then it answer my question on why he had to do it in the masjid even though he prefer to do it in the house.
The house of Prophet was adjacent to masjid e nabwi.So why would he conduct the congregation in his outhouse and not masjid eعن عائشة – رضي الله عنها – : أن رسول الله – صلى الله عليه وسلم – صلى في المسجد ذات ليلة فصلى بصلاته ناس ، ثم صلى من القابلة فكثر الناس ، ثم اجتمعوا من الليلة الثالثة أو الرابعة ، فلم يخرج إليهم رسول الله – صلى الله عليه وسلم – فلما أصبح قال : ” قد رأيت الذي صنعتم ، فلم يمنعني من الخروج إليكم إلا أني خشيت أن تفرض عليكم . قال : وذلك في رمضان
Prophet did Prohibit Trawih in congregationThis prohibition was out of fear that it might not become obligatory on people. It wasn't regarding unlawfulness of prayering taraweeh in congregation, since Prophet(saws) himself lead the prayer to people and he used to pray 8 rakah in Ramadhan. If it was prohibitory then he would have done so after the first 2 rakah itself, or at least the next day itself. Prophet(saws) didn't object the congregation at all for the days people prayed behind him, approx 33 units for three days. This proves the legality of praying Taraweeh in Jama'a.
The house of Prophet was adjacent to masjid e nabwi.So why would he conduct the congregation in his outhouse and not masjid eعن عائشة – رضي الله عنها – : أن رسول الله – صلى الله عليه وسلم – صلى في المسجد ذات ليلة فصلى بصلاته ناس ، ثم صلى من القابلة فكثر الناس ، ثم اجتمعوا من الليلة الثالثة أو الرابعة ، فلم يخرج إليهم رسول الله – صلى الله عليه وسلم – فلما أصبح قال : ” قد رأيت الذي صنعتم ، فلم يمنعني من الخروج إليكم إلا أني خشيت أن تفرض عليكم . قال : وذلك في رمضان
[`A’ishah narrated: The Messenger (saw) prayed at the mosque one night and some people prayed behind him. Then he (saw) did similarly the next day and the number of people increased. On the third or fourth, people gathered but the Prophet (saw) never came out till morning, then he (saw) stood and addressed them saying: “I see what you’re doing and the only thing that prevented me from coming out to you was that I feared it may become a prescribed obligatory duty.” And that was in Ramadan. (Sunan al-Nasa’i al-Kubra)]