Fatwa ID: 06677

Answered by: Maulana Mohammed Dilwar Hussain

Question:

Can one who performed Isha Salaat individually lead the congregation in tarawih salaat?

In the name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

Teraweeh Salah is independent of Isha Salah. It is performed after the completion of Isha Salah. One has no standing over the other. The performance of Isha Salah is Fardh (i.e., compulsory) whereas, Teraweeh is from the category of Nawāfil (i.e., optional Sunnah actions). [Radd ul-Muhtār: vol. 2, pg. 492] [1]

Thus, if a person was to pray Isha Salah individually then there would be no restrictions preventing them from then leading the Taraweeh Salah.

Only Allāh Ta’ālā knows best.

Written by Maulana Mohammed Dilwar Hussain

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

[1]وإنما أخرها عن النوافل لكثرة شعبها وإختصاصها عنها بأدائها بجماعة وأحكام آخر