There are different kinds of worship that Allah almighty legislated for mankind so that we do not perform only one that lead us to get exhausted of it. There are some obligatory and some of them are recommended acts of worship that would boost the reward. Taraweeh is one of them in which we recite the Sarah’s or verses from the Quran and it is offered in the month of Ramadan as a night prayer. It is considered as greatest after obligatory prayers. The prophet (p.b.u.h) said: “The best prayer after the compulsory is the night prayer.” The night prayer (Taraweeh) in Ramadan has a particular deliberation dissimilar from any other time of the year.
It was called Taraweeh for the reason that the Companions of the prophet and the successors to the Companions used to construct an extensive standing in them and they would take rest after offering every four Rakaat. That is why it named Taraweeh (Rest prayer). (Four Rakaat are called Taraweeh).Imams Bukhari and Muslim reported that Muhammad (p.b.u.h) said: “Whoever presents elective prayers (like Taraweeh prayers) all through the nights of Ramadan, believing in Allah and seeking His rewards, will have his earlier sins forgiven.” Taraweeh is deemed from the Qi-yam of Ramadan so we should execute it. Muhammad (p.b.u.h) was the first who made praying the Taraweeh in congregation Sunnah, and then he left it fearing that it may become compulsory upon his Ummah.
The scholars have diverse beliefs about the number of Rak’ahs of Taraweeh prayer along with the Witr. Some other said: forty-one Rak’ahs, some said: thirty-nine, some said: twenty-nine, some said: twenty-three, some said: nineteen, some said: Thirteen and some said: eleven. The strongest beliefs are those who said: eleven according to Imams Bukhari and Muslim that Ayesha (R.A.) was asked about the night prayer of the prophet (saws) in Ramadan, she replied: “He did not pray it more than eleven Rak’ahs.” Ramadan is just coming after one month so be prepare for it. Jazak Allah khair.
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