Night Prayer, Tahajjud, the Number of Rak'ahs in Tarawih, and the Tashbih Prayer

The questioner:
A message from Jeddah sent by our brother, the listener Abu Bakr Salim Hamid. He asks about the night prayer: is it the Tahajjud prayer, or is it the Witr prayer, or what is it? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh:
It includes all of this. It includes the Tahajjud and it includes all of it, the Tarawih prayer.

The questioner:
What is the number of its rak'ahs, and what is the ruling on the Tashbih prayer?

The Shaykh:
The Tarawih prayer does not have a fixed number established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) specifying it by a number. Therefore, the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) varied in their prayers. The established prayers are abundant, praise be to Allah: the Duha prayer, the night prayer, and likewise the rawatib (regular voluntary prayers) attached to the obligatory prayers. All of them, praise be to Allah, are sufficient in place of a prayer that is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good.