Taraaweeh prayers, - Dought&clear, - * He cannot pray Taraaweeh in the mosque because he is busy looking after his daughter

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I come back from job at 6.30pm & then take care of my child which is eight years old. My wife & younger son went back home to see her mother which is in life & death sitaution. In this case i cannot go mosque for taravee. Pls guide me about this taravee. I never go for taravee but this ramadan i had plan. But unforunately my wife went back for two months.
Praise be to Allaah.
Taraaweeh prayer is Sunnah for which the one who does it will be rewarded, but the one who does not do it will not be punished. So there is nothing wrong with your not praying Taraaweeh with the congregation. Allaah knows the soundness of your intention and you may be rewarded even though you do not attend these naafil prayers, especially since you are not being negligent by not praying it. Indeed sometimes a person may be kept busy with something that is more important, such as one who takes care of an elderly mother or orphan children who need to be looked after at such times. A person may be rewarded more if he is distracted from it by a good deed that needs to be done at that time.
There is nothing wrong with praying Taraaweeh at home if you are unable to go to the mosque.
It is not necessary to pray a specific number of rak’ahs, rather you should pray as many as you can manage. The Sunnah is to pray eleven rak’ahs – see Question no. 9036. If you pray two rak’ahs that is better than not praying. We ask Allaah to compensate you with good for what you have missed and to record for you a reward that is greater than your praying Taraaweeh.
Your letting your wife go and visit her mother and your taking care of your daughter are two great deeds for which you will be rewarded in sha Allaah. See the answer to question no. 37742.
But we would like to draw your attention to two important matters:
1 – It is haraam for your wife to travel on her own to your country without a mahram. See the answer to question no, 316and 9370.
2 – The ruling on staying in a kaafir country.
And Allaah knows best..

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Taraaweeh prayers, - Dought&clear, - * Is it permissible to pray Taraaweeh at home?

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Is it permissible to pray Taraaweeh at home? Is it permissible to pray it with one's wife, with the husband as the imam?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Taraaweeh prayer is Sunnah mu’akkadah (a confirmed Sunnah) which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) encouraged when he said: “Whoever prays at night in Ramadaan out of faith and the hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 37; Muslim, 759.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) led his companions in praying Taraaweeh for several nights, then he feared that it may be made obligatory for them, so he did not go out to them. Then ‘Umar united the people under one imam, and it has been prayed in congregation ever since. It was narrated that Ismaa’eel ibn Ziyaad said: ‘Ali passed by the mosques in which there were lamps during the month of Ramadaan and said, ‘May Allaah illuminate ‘Umar’s grave for him as he illuminated our mosques for us.” Narrated by al-Athram, quoted inal-Mughni, 1/457.
Al-Bahooti said inDaqaa’iq Uli al-Nuha, 1/2245:
It is better to pray Taraaweeh in the mosque than at home, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) gathered the people to pray Taraaweeh for three consecutive nights, as was narrated by ‘Aa’ishah… and he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever prays qiyaam with the imam until he leaves, it will be as if he spent the whole night in prayer.”
Al-Shawkaani said inNayl al-Awtaar(3/62): Al-Nawawi said: The scholars are agreed that it is mustahabb, but they differed as to whether it is better to pray it alone at home or in congregation in the mosque. Al-Shaafa’i and a number of his companions, and Abu Haneefah, Ahmad, some of the Maalikis and others said that it is better to pray it in congregation as ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab and the Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleased with him) did and as the Muslims continued to do, because this is one of the manifest rituals.
So praying it in congregation in the mosque is better, but if a man prays it on his own at home, or in congregation with his family, that is permissible.
Al-Nawawi said inal-Majmoo’, 3/526:
Taraaweeh prayer is Sunnah according to scholarly consensus… it is permissible to pray it alone or in congregation, but which is better? There are two well-known points of view concerning this; the correct view according to the consensus of the Sahaabah is that it is better to pray it in congregation.
And Allaah knows best.

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Taraaweeh prayers, - Dought&clear, - * Should he leave his job and go andpray taraaweeh?

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I work in a police station, and sometimes I have to work the night shift twice in a week. During this time I cannot leave the station because of my work situation and the orders of my bosses. Is it permissible for me to leave the station and go against their orders so that I can offer taraaweeh prayer in the mosque that is near the station?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Undoubtedly a person’s keenness to do more of the things that bring reward and forgiveness in Ramadaan is something good and praiseworthy. But this is subject to the condition that the pursuit of something good should not lead to neglect of something that is even better.
If a person’s work is in business or in a civil institution, it is not permissible for him to leave his work in order to offer a naafil prayer, so how about one whose work has to do with security which is an important matter on which people’s lives and well-being depend?
You should not seek to do an naafil act if that is at the expense of something that is obligatory. You can offer taraaweeh in your place of work two rak’ahs at a time, depending on how much free time you have, or you can offer it at the end of the night in your home. The reward in full may be written for you, if Allaah knows that you are sincere in wanting to perform it even though it may not be easy to do so at work or at home.
Shaykh Muhammad al-Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked:
I work in a store and I cannot pray Taraaweeh in the mosque because my work hours are from after Maghrib until almost the time of sahoor. Am I sinning because of this? How can I make up for this reward that I am missing out on?
He replied:
You are not sinning by missing taraaweeh because taraaweeh is Sunnah; if a person does it he will be rewarded for it but if he does not do it there is no sin on him.
Allaah knows your intention and that if it were not for the fact that you are occupied with something that you must do, which is earning a living from this job, then you would have prayed taraaweeh. The bounty of Allaah is immense and He will reward you according to your intention.
Fataawa Islamiyyah, 2/255.
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez Aal al-Shaykh (may Allaah preserve him) was asked:
Some people go for ‘Umrah and leave their families, their work and the mosques where they used to pray or give the adhaan. What would you say to them?
He replied:
We should not seek to draw closer to Allaah by doing naafil acts and neglecting obligatory duties. We cannot draw close to Him though naafil deeds until we have performed the obligatory duties. Whoever neglects his house or work, or if an imam neglects his role of leading the prayers, this is not regarded as commendable; rather it is regarded as sinful.
And Allaah knows best.

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Taraaweeh prayers, - Dought&clear, - * Is therea specific du’aa’ to be recited after each two rak’ahs of Taraaweeh?

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Is there a specific du’aa’ to be recited after each two rak’ahs of Taraaweeh?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Dhikr is a kind of worship, and the basic principle concerning acts of worship is that they are not allowed unless there is evidence to indicate that they are obligatory or mustahabb. It is not permissible to invent a dhikr to be done with an act of worship or before or after it. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prayed qiyaam with his Companions at night, and the Sahaabah prayed qiyaam individually and in congregation, during his lifetime and after his death, and there is no report that they remembered Allaah by reciting a specific du’aa’ after each tasleem. The scholars did not narrate any report of a dhikr recited in unison between each two rak’ahs of taraaweeh by the Sahaabah or those who came after them. This indicates that that did not happen, because the scholars used to narrate that which was more hidden and subtle than this outward, obvious matter. The best of guidance is in following the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and following his companions in matters of worship, by doing what they did and avoiding what they avoided.
But there is nothing wrong with a worshipper supplicating Allaah (du’aa’) or reciting Qur’aan, or remembering his Lord (dhikr), without singling out specific verses or soorahs or dhikrs to be recited between the rak’ahs, and without that being recited in unison, led by an imam or anyone else, because that is not narrated in sharee’ah. The basic principle is to accept what is narrated in sharee’ah concerning acts of worship, how often they are done, how they are done, when they are done, where they are done, the reason why they are done and the way in which they are done.
Shaykh Muhammad al-‘Abdari ibn al-Haaj said in his bookal-Madkhal: Chapter on Dhikr after each two rak'ahs of Taraaweeh prayer:
He – the imam – should avoid what has been innovated of reciting dhikr after each two rak’ahs of Taraaweeh prayer and raising the voice in that, and reciting it in unison. All of that is bid’ah. It is also forbidden for the muezzin to say after the dhikr following each two rak’ahs of taraaweeh, “Al-salaah yarhamukum Allaah(Prayer, may Allaah have mercy on you),” because this is also an innovation and innovation in religion is forbidden. The best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), then the four caliphs who came after him, then the Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleased with them all), and it is not narrated that any of the salaf did that, and we should be content with what was sufficient for them.
Al-Madkhal, 2/293, 294.
And Allaah knows best.

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