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Praying TarāwīḤ In The Mosques Of The People Of Innovation | Shaykh ʿAbdullāh Al-Bukhārī The Question: “This questioner says in a place where there aren't any Mosques for the people of the Sunnah, yet there are [numerous] Mosques for the people of innovation wherein they pray Tarāwīḥ incorrectly, which is better; for the Salafīs to pray by themselves in their homes or should they pray altogether in congregation in those centers?” Shaykh ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbdul-Raḥīm al-Bukhārī: “It came in the question that they are praying Tarāwīḥ incorrectly. So if their prayer is in a manner which is incorrect as it is mentioned, then how could you pray with them?! They are praying incorrectly, would you pray incorrectly behind them?! Even if they weren't from the people of innovation; if an Imām prayed incorrectly with the people, it is not lawful for you to pray behind him. And it is as if in his statement that they pray Tarāwīḥ incorrectly that they mean that they oppose the Sunnah, or he intends by praying Tarāwīḥ incorrectly, then if the prayer was incorrect and missing pillars, then it is not lawful to pray in that Mosque I'm sorry, [I mean] behind them. It is not lawful to pray behind them because the prayer [behind them] is incorrect. Then what then is obligatory upon you to do if it was a situation where there is no place for the people of the Sunnah to pray at? Then you should return to your home and pray with your family; you can combine the good of these two good actions; you have established the Sunnah and encouraged your family as well and prompted them to offer Tarāwīḥ prayer and like this. However, if the questioner intended with his statement that they prayed incorrectly that they oppose the Sunnah in terms of number, pay attention, in terms of number; meaning that they do not restrict themselves to eleven units of prayer. Meaning that they add [units of prayer]. In this case it is not appropriate to use this expression that they are praying incorrectly. If the prayer was correct and did not involve deficiencies in its pillars or obligations, instead we should say that it is not consistent with the Sunnah according to the opinion of some people of knowledge. Is this clear? Here, there is no harm in the prayer. And praying with the people of innovation, may Allāh bless you, the people of knowledge have already spoken regarding it. And from the speech of the scholars and their verdicts is that prayer behind a religious innovator (mubtadiʿ) if his innovation was something that causes disbelief, then it is not permissible to pray behind him. However, if his innovation was something that was merely sinful, then prayer behind this individual is permissible even though it would be better to pray behind someone who is not an innovator (mubtadiʿ). And this type of situation calls for the people of the Sunnah to provide places of prayer and Mosques where they can establish the prayer upon the Sunnah. This encourages them and calls for them to establish that according to their abilities and Allāh knows best.”
