Fatwa ID: 08948
Answered by Maulana Nahid Uddin
Question:
If you pray 5 rakats of isha but realise after praying x amount of taraweeh rakats do you have to repeat taraweeh again.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
If a person prayed five rakats of Isha fard by mistake and only realised this after praying some or all the Taraweeh, then the ruling depends on whether the Isha prayer was valid.
If one stood for a fifth rakat after completing the fourth and did not sit for the final tashahhud in the fourth rakat, the fard prayer is invalid and must be repeated and thus Taraweeh would need to be repeated. This is because Taraweeh is a Sunnah connected to and performed after a valid Isha prayer [1], [2].
However, if he had sat for the tashahhud after the fourth rakat and then mistakenly stood for a fifth, the prayer stays valid as long as he returns to the sitting position, complete the prayer and perform Sajda al-Sahw [3].
If he has already performed the prostration of the fifth rakat, then his fard prayer is already complete. In that case, he should continue and add a sixth rakat so that the fifth and sixth become a nafl prayer, and he should perform Sajdah al-Sahw [3].
So, to conclude, if the Isha prayer was invalid and therefore had to be repeated, then the Taraweeh prayed before correcting the fard would also need to be repeated. However, if the fifth rakat did not invalidate the Isha prayer, then the Isha prayer remains valid, and the Taraweeh prayed afterward are also valid and do not need to be repeated.
Only Allah ﷻ knows best.
Written by Maulana Nahid Uddin
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
References:
[1]
وقال كافة مشايخ بخارى رحمة الله عليهم: وقتها ما بين العشاء والوتر، فإن صلاها قبل العشاء، أو بعد الوتر لم يؤدها في وقتها، وأكثر المشايخ على أن وقتهما ما بين العشاء إلى طلوع الفجر، حتى لو صلاها قبل العشاء لا تجوز، ولو صلاها (٧٢ب١) بعد الوتر يجوز؛ لأنها نوافل سنّت بعد العشاء، فأشبهت التطوع المسنون بعد العشاء في غير شهر رمضان، قال القاضي الإمام أبو علي النسفي رحمه الله: هذا القول يصح قال القاضي الإمام هذا أراد مشايخ بلدتنا تقديم التراويح على العشاء، لتعجيل الناس العشاء في ليالي رمضان؛ لأجل التراويح مخافة أن يقع العشاء قبل الوقت، لكن كرهوا مخالفة السلف.
Al-Muhit Al-Burhani, Page 458. Accessed on Al-Maktabah Al-Shamilah, 4-06-26
[2]
وقتها ما بين العشاء والوتر. والصحيح ما ذكره المصنف، حتى لو تبين أن العشاء صلوها بغير وضوء دون التراويح والوتر، أعادوا التراويح مع العشاء دون الوتر عند أبي حنيفة، لأنها تبع للعشاء.
Minhat al-Suluk fi Sharh Tuhfat al-Muluk, Page 151.
[3]
وإن قعد في الرابعة، ثم قام عاد وسلم، وإن سجد للخامسة تم فرضه، وضم إليها سادسة، وسجد للسهو،
Al-Nahr Al-Faaiq, Page 330. Accessed on Al-Maktabah Al-Shamilah, 4-06-26