What is the number of rak'ahs in the night prayer?

Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, we see among people those who pray ten rak'ahs with the imam in the Sacred Mosque and then do not complete the rest, even though they sit and talk. They say the sunnah is eleven rak'ahs. So should we pray twenty-three rak'ahs, or is it sufficient to stick to eleven? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So as long as the imam is praying and you want the reward, pray with the imam and do not deprive yourself of this reward. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not set a specific limit for the tarawih prayer.
Rather, he encouraged standing in night prayer without setting a limit, and he encouraged standing in Ramadan, saying: "Whoever stands in Ramadan out of faith and seeking reward, his previous sins will be forgiven." He did not specify thirteen rak'ahs or eleven rak'ahs; he did not set a limit. Rather, he said: "Whoever prays with the imam until he finishes, this is absolute."
Whether the imam prays thirteen or twenty-three, it is all sunnah, and praise be to Allah. So how does a person deprive himself? No, he claims to be a student of knowledge or a scholar. How does he deprive himself of this reward and leave while people are looking at him, and he is a student of knowledge, and they follow his example? This is a mistake, this is a clear mistake. Yes.
Also, to complete the answer to the previous question. Do they separate from the imam and sit? This causes division among the Muslims.
It is supposed that the Muslims be one congregation, and that they pray, and that they pray together and not separate. As long as the Muslims are praying, pray with them. You are a Muslim, pray with the Muslims, my brother. Do not deprive yourself of the reward, and do not show separation and opposition, and become a bad example for others. Deprive yourself of this great reward.