The number of rak'ahs in Tahajjud and Tarawih in the last ten nights
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the recommended practice regarding the number of rak'ahs for tahajjud and tarawih in these ten days?
Answer:
The Sunnah, and the practice followed from the time of the Companions until now, is that the number of rak'ahs in Tarawih prayer was twenty. They would also pray Tahajjud without a fixed limit. They would not leave until Fajr, when they feared missing the suhur, so they would increase their Tahajjud. However, the Tarawih prayer is shortened, while the Tahajjud prayer is lengthened. They relied on sticks because of the length of their standing. They relied on sticks because of the length of their standing, lengthening it, as mentioned in the authentic hadith describing the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) night prayer.
The hadith of Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 5:148. And his Sunan Abi Dawud 874Sahih (Al-Albani) This was the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He recited five parts of the Qur'an and more in two rak'ahs.
But the Muslim follows the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to the extent he is able, for we cannot do what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did. He stood until his feet swelled from the length of the standing. We cannot do that. But we follow him according to our ability and capacity. And regarding the tarawih prayer and the tahajjud prayer.
No specific limit has been established for it, but as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said, whoever lengthens the recitation, bowing, and prostration reduces the number of rak'ahs, and whoever shortens the recitation, bowing, and prostration increases the number of rak'ahs. This is the middle position that reconciles the hadiths, indicating that this depends on the manner of the prayer: whoever lengthens the prayer reduces the number of rak'ahs, and whoever shortens the prayer increases the number of rak'ahs.
The questioner asks: What is the recommended practice regarding the number of rak'ahs for tahajjud and tarawih in these ten days?
Answer:
The Sunnah, and the practice followed from the time of the Companions until now, is that the number of rak'ahs in Tarawih prayer was twenty. They would also pray Tahajjud without a fixed limit. They would not leave until Fajr, when they feared missing the suhur, so they would increase their Tahajjud. However, the Tarawih prayer is shortened, while the Tahajjud prayer is lengthened. They relied on sticks because of the length of their standing. They relied on sticks because of the length of their standing, lengthening it, as mentioned in the authentic hadith describing the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) night prayer.
The hadith of Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up to pray one night, and I stood with him
قام رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ليلة فقمت معهSo he began reciting Surat al-Baqarah, and I said, "Will he bow at the hundredth verse?" But he continued until he completed it. Then he began reciting Surat al-Nisa' until he completed it. Then he began reciting Surat Aal 'Imran until he completed it.
فشرع في سورة البقرة فقلت يركع عند المئة فبغى حتى أكملها ثم شرع في سورة النساء حتى أكملها ثم شرع في سورة آل عمران حتى أكملها.He did not pass a verse containing mercy without stopping and asking for it, nor did he pass a verse mentioning punishment without stopping and seeking refuge from it.
لا يمر بآية فيها رحمة إلا وقف وسأل، ولا يمر بآية فيها ذكر العذاب إلا وقف واستعاذ،in bowing as long as he stood up
ركوعه نحوا من قيامه، وكانBut the Muslim follows the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to the extent he is able, for we cannot do what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did. He stood until his feet swelled from the length of the standing. We cannot do that. But we follow him according to our ability and capacity. And regarding the tarawih prayer and the tahajjud prayer.
No specific limit has been established for it, but as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said, whoever lengthens the recitation, bowing, and prostration reduces the number of rak'ahs, and whoever shortens the recitation, bowing, and prostration increases the number of rak'ahs. This is the middle position that reconciles the hadiths, indicating that this depends on the manner of the prayer: whoever lengthens the prayer reduces the number of rak'ahs, and whoever shortens the prayer increases the number of rak'ahs.
Source
مجالس رمضان 1430هـ - 06 — alfawzan.live (18:31)
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