Is increasing the night prayer beyond eleven rak'ahs contrary to the Sunnah?

Question:
This questioner from Yemen says in his question: Honorable Shaykh, some people say that whoever increases the rak'ahs of the night prayer beyond eleven has contradicted the Sunnah. Is this statement correct? And what is the Sunnah in this regard regarding the Tarawih prayer?

Answer:
This statement is not correct, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged standing in night prayer and did not restrict it, and he said (peace and blessings be upon him) the prayer of a man after the obligatory prayer is the night prayer, and he did not specify a limit (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Muslim stands in night prayer for as much as is easy for him, and concludes it with a witr, and if he does what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did, praying eleven rak'ahs or thirteen rak'ahs, then this is a good deed, but the deed is not limited to this, rather it is permissible for a person to offer voluntary prayers as much as Allah makes easy for him, and to conclude it with a witr, Tarawih and others in Ramadan and otherwise, there is no specific limit in voluntary prayers or in Tarawih or in standing in night prayer, a person prays as much as is easy for him, but specifically in Tarawih the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) prayed Tarawih twenty-three rak'ahs in the time of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) behind one imam, and because the best in the Tarawih prayer is that it be twenty-three rak'ahs, and this is not obligatory, if he increases or decreases the matter in this is broad, due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) meaning in Ramadan, he said (peace and blessings be upon him) and he did not restrict it (peace and blessings be upon him), the field is open and praise be to Allah, but if a person does in Tarawih what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did by limiting it to eleven rak'ahs or thirteen rak'ahs, or does what the Companions did by making the Tarawih prayer twenty-three rak'ahs, then all of this is permissible and praise be to Allah, and the matter is broad. Yes.