Taraweeh or Qada Prayers

[ukbaz]

If a person has qada prayers to make up should he taraweeh or is it preferred he do qada prayers. Also the person cant get to the mosque so he is going to offer the prayers at home.

What is preferred according to the Hanafi scholars ? Is taraweeh a sunnah muakadah ?

[Shaykh Ul Islam]

Wa alaykumus salaam,

1) In the Hanafi school, we do not leave current sunna prayers because of having makeup prayers, because past mistakes should not be cause for present shortcomings. http://spa.qibla.com/issue_view.asp?...=3987&CATE=103

2) Tarawih itself is an emphasized Sunna. Hence, it is blameworthy and disliked to abandon them, and sinful if done so with persistence. As for performing Tarawih prayers in congregation in the Mosque, it is a communal Sunna for men. As such, if one offers Eisha Salat in congregation and then performs Tarawih on his own at home, he would miss out on the immense rewards for praying in congregation in the Mosque but it will not be sinful, blameworthy or disliked even with persistence.

Likewise, if some people perform them in congregation at home, they would gain the reward for praying in congregation but would miss out on the extra rewards for praying in the Mosque. http://www.muftisays.com/blog/Seifed...osque%3F-.html