Would it be a sin to miss Taraweeh Prayer?
Assalamu alikum,
I need advice on this Ramadha. My mother is sick and very weak. All these years I have gone on Taraweeh. But my mother says now not to go to the masjid and pray but be with her. Is it a sin? Will my rewards during Ramadhan decrease?
Please help me.
Dahra
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Dear Sister,
Our Prophet (peace be upon him) performed this prayer throughout his life, but deliberately missed a few so that it would not become Wajib upon his Umma. Both Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim record a Hadith in which the Prophet read Salah al-Taraweeh with the Companions on several nights and then did not appear one night. He remarked, ‘nothing stopped me from coming [to the prayers] expect that I feared it would become compulsory upon you…’
Going To Taraweeh Is A Very Very Good Habit But Your Mother Needs You. Islam Teaches Us To Be Obedient To Our Parents And Your Mother Needs Your Help Because She Is Sick, You Are Not Doing It Intentionally Too My Sister ALLAH Knows What Is In Our Hearts I Will Advice You Look After Your Mother Inshallah ALLAH Will Grant You Reward For This And For Your Good Will For Taraweeh Too.
Salam. I just wanted to add that Taraveeh salat can be offered at home even though it is better to pray in congregation. So the brother can still pray Taraveeh despite being at home and also take care of his mother.
Salam.
Taraweeh prayer is optional. In fact, the holy Prophet did not just miss a few -- at some point he stopped praying them in the mosque altogether, because he did not wish for the ummah to believe that they were mandatory. Taraweeh did not become a practice amongst muslims until after the Prophet died and the sahaba began reading Taraweeh nightly in the mosque.
Salam sister,
If your mother needs you, you cannot refuse her. You can always perform Taraweeh from home.
May Allah brings Shifa to your mum.
Salam
As Salaam Alaikum,
Going by the name I assume its a sister. However, it doesn't matter if its a sister or a brother, but the reason I mentioned that is the reward for a sister to pray at home is higher than the reward to pray at the masjid. Of course it is her choice to pray where ever she wants.
That said, you mentioned your mother needs you. Our Prophet (Peace be on him), stopped a man on going for Jihaad with him and asked him to serve his mother who was ill and mentioned that it is a bigger jihaad. Please understand when the call for jihaad comes from the Prophet (Peace be on him) , then it becomes obligatory, yet Prophet (peace be on him), asked this man to serve his mother. You have your jannah waiting for you under the feet of your mother, in a hadeeth Prophet (Peace be on him) made a supplication against three people 1. Those who do not mention Sal Allahu Alaihi wa Sallam when the name of our prophet (Peace be on him) is mentioned
2. Those who find their parents old and do not earn jannah through their service
and 3. Those who enter the month of Ramadan and come out of it without attaining the forgiveness of Allah subhan wa ta aala.
You have all the three available, mention sal allahu alaihi wa sallam, serve your mother and through it come out of Ramadan having attained forgiveness of Allah.
There are many out there ready to trade everything to spend a day in the service of their mother if they had a chance. You do have that chance, think of the hadeeth of man who when he was stuck inside the cave he stated, ya Allah, I had old parents and I used to give them milk everyday, one day when I returned from work it was tool late and my parents had slept by the time I milked the sheep. My children were crying but I did not feed my children and waited almost till the morning when my parents woke up and until they drank from the milk, I did not drink and neither did I give it to my wife and children. So if I did it for your sake then open the rock blocking this cave. and Allah accepted his supplication.
In shaa Allah if you serve your mother today, you can stand before Allah on the day of judgement and say, yaa Rabb, I wanted to offer taraweeh in jamah but my mother needed me, so I served her. If I did it only for your sake then shade me under your arsh and grant jannah to me and my mother,
All said, I am not asking you to skip taraweeh altogether, you can pray taraweeh at home, and in shaa allah if you have nice recitation let your mom listen to your qerat.
Allah accept from you and make you among the people of jannah.
Wa As Salaam Alaikum,
Abdullah