Fatwa #154725 August 2007Saudi Arabia

If a Hanafi is going to pray in a Mosque where the imaam is leading a 8 rakaat tarawih in sets of 2 rakat....

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If a Hanafi is going to pray in a Mosque where the imaam is leading a 8 rakaat tarawih in sets of 2 rakat, is it good for the Hanafi to pray after each 2 rakaat set with the imaam togheter, 4 rakaat by himself when the others are resting in between the sets, in order to reach the 20 rakaat?

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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatoh

The hanafi will fulfill his obligation of twenty rakats. However, he will fall short of completing the entire Quran in the entire twenty rakats.

And Allah knows best

Wassalam

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa

#5907Do you know the history of why in Saudi Arabia except the Haramain Sharifain most mosques pray 8 rakat. And when it started.
#5938a musafir joins the salaat of ASR in fourth rakaat and prays one rakaat with the Imaam. After the imaam finishes salaat, Is the musafir required to pray three more rakaats ?
#16011Did the Prophet (SAW) perform 8 Rakaats Nafl Salaah after Tarawih Salaah?
#8362#3962 - Why isn't it that a hanafi mufti decides based on this clear hadeeth,that it would be a good pratice to pray 2 rakaat of sunnah and then going for the fardh
#18271I follow the Hanafi madhab and hence tried last year to make up the rest of the salaat (12 rakaats), but due to the study load at school, I couldnt complete all 20. So unfortunately there isnt enough time to pray once I get home ...
#16220Please inform me about the Zuhr-i Ahir prayers which is prayed in some Hanafi countries like Turkey. Ibn Abidin did gave preferance for this practice i.e. to pray 4 rakaats (Zuhr-i Ahir) after Jumuah as a precaution in his Radd ul Mukhtaar.
#11616Should I join for taraweeh those who pray 20 rakats in units of 4(hanafi imam) or those who pray 8 rakats in units of 2(“salafi” imam) or to pray at home 20 rakats in units of 2.
#2775What is the Hanafi fiqh ruling in praying in the mosque? Is it Fard Ain to pray in the mosque?

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