Question

Assalamu’alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh

Mufti Saheb I hope you are well.

The above short video is specifically related to Taraweeh 2021. Due to the current situation would it be okay to do Salatul Esha in congregation at home as well and thereafter commence with the Taraweeh prayers?

Jazakallahu Khayran.

Answer

If you are going to be performing tarawih at home then it would also be permissible for you to perform Isha at home as long as it is being performed in congregation. If one can go to the Masjid for Isha and then perform tarawih at home that would be more rewarding as congregational salat performed in the Masjid is more virtuous.

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Ifta Research Fellow

Checked & Approved by:
Mufti Abdul Rahman Mangera
Mufti Zubair Patel

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