How many rakats is Tarawih? I heard that the Hanafi, Shafi & Hanbali Madhab & even scholars like Ibn Qudamah & so on are of the view that it is 20 rakats
Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim
Alhamdulillah wahdahu wassalatu wassalamu ala man la nabiya ba'dah, Amma ba'd:
Our great Imam, Muhammad Rasoolullah (peace be upon him), used to pray eleven rak'ahs from after the Isha prayer until the Fajr prayer.
Proof No. 1
❀ It is narrated from Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that: "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to pray eleven rak'ahs between the time he finished the Isha prayer, which people call...
Author: Hafiz Muhammad Ishaq Zahid (Hafidhahullah), Kuwait
Evidence from Hadith
1. In Sahih Bukhari, Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman asked Sayyidah Aisha (رضي الله عنها) about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) during Ramadan. She replied:
"The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) did not pray more than eleven rak'ahs in Ramadan or in other months."
(Bukhari: Hadith No. 2013)
2. Sayyidina Jabir bin Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) reports that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) led us in eight rak'ahs and witr during...
In the month of Ramadan, the prayer performed after the Isha prayer, known as Qiyam, is commonly referred to as Tarawih. The writer has established in "Noor ul Masabeeh fi Mas'ala-tarawih" that eleven rak'ahs of Qiyam Ramadan (Tarawih) is the Sunnah.
❀ The Prophet (peace be upon him) generally used to pray eleven rak'ahs from after the Isha prayer until Fajr (Adhan). He would offer Salam after every two rak'ahs and one Witr at the end. See Sahih Muslim [1/254, Hadith 736]
❀ The Prophet (peace be upon him) led the Sahaba (may Allah be pleased with...
This article is derived from the book Tuhfa Hanafiya by Maulana Abu Sohaib Dawood Arshad ḥafiẓahullāh. It serves as a detailed response to the book Tuhfa Ahl-e-Hadith written by the Deobandi scholar Abu Bilal Jhangvi.
❖ Is the Practice of Eight Rak'ahs Tarawih Not the Way of Ahl al-Sunnah?
Jhangvi Sahib claims that Ahl al-Sunnah do not support fewer than twenty rak‘ahs of Tarawih, whereas the Ghair Muqallid (non-conformists) believe in eight rak‘ahs.
(Tuhfa Ahl-e-Hadith, p. 54)
There was never a consensus of the Muslim Ummah on twenty rak'ahs for Taraweeh during the time of Caliph Umar (رضي الله عنه), before or after.
Considering Twenty Rak'ahs in Congregation as Sunnah:
Believing that praying twenty rak'ahs of Taraweeh in congregation is the Sunnah of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is completely baseless and false. The commonly cited mursal (disconnected) narration supporting twenty rak'ahs relies on a...
