Tarawih question

Steve940

Steve940

Junior Member
:salam2:

I have a question seeing as ramadan is rapidly approaching alhamdulilah for that

During tarawih prayers, is it permissible to follow the imams recitation with an english translation of the quran?

I have a pocket quran that has the english translation on one side, with the arabic text on the other.

I know enough arabic (just the letters and vowels, not vocabulary) that I would be able to follow the recitation without being lost, insha'Allah. In fact I do it all the time with mp3 files

However, without the translation I don't know enough arabic to get the meaning of the recitation

So is it permissible for me read the english translation during the prayer while the imam recites the quran in arabic?

:salam2:
 
Southrn_Muslimah

Southrn_Muslimah

bnqɯnɥ 'ɥɐq
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:salam2:

That is a good question because last Ramadan a bunch of the women held their own version (native tongue wise). I would like to know too.

:wasalam:
 
ditta

ditta

Alhamdu'Lillaah
Staff member
Asalaamu'Alykum,

Insh'Allah this answers the question:

Question:
What is the ruling on holding the Mus-haf in the case of one who is following an imaam in praying Taraaweeh in Ramadan, on the grounds that he is following the imaam’s recitation?

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.

Holding the Mus-haf for this reason is contrary to the Sunnah, for several reasons:

1. It prevents a person from placing his right hand over his left when standing.

2. It leads to a lot of unnecessary movements, such as opening the Mus-haf, closing it, and placing it under one's arm.

3. These movements are very distracting to the worshipper.

4. It prevents the worshipper from looking at the place of sujood. Many scholars say that looking at the place of sujood is Sunnah and is better.

5. The one who does that may forget that he is in prayer, unless his heart is properly focused upon his being in prayer, unlike when he is standing in a humble and focused manner with his right hand upon his left, tilting his head towards the place of sujood. In this case he will be more likely to remember that he is praying and that he is behind the imaam.

Alhamdulilah

Wasalam
 
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