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The Importance of performing Taraweeh salaah

· 26 Rabiʻ I 1448 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If you don't read taraweeh salaah, will you be sinful?

Answer

Taraaweeh salaah is sunnat muakkadah. If a person leaves out performing taraaweeh salaah entirely or he makes a habit of leaving it out, he will be sinful.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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