Congregation for nafl by way of tada‘i (calling people together)

Question

(1) Here in our town of Aurangabad, in the blessed month of Ramadan, the tahajjud prayer is performed in congregation together with salawat, and considerably more people than three take part in it. (2) On the odd nights of the blessed month of Ramadan, after the tarawih ends, nafl prayer is performed in congregation, and there are far more than three people; on these odd nights the tahajjud prayer is also announced, because of which a great many people gather in the congregation. (3)

Answer

(1) Doing so is makruh. (2) This too is makruh. (3) In the books of fiqh, “al-Durr al-Mukhtar” and others, it is written likewise. (4) It is makruh. (5) “Dawam” means “always”, i.e. not incidentally, once or twice, but done constantly, even if the constancy lasts [only] a month. (6) On the basis of what evidence does he say this? Is this written in any book of fiqh?

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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