Al-San'ani's statement on twenty rak'ahs in the tarawih prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your view on the statement of Imam al-San'ani in *Subul al-Salam* that maintaining twenty rak'ahs in the tarawih prayer is considered a bid'ah (religious innovation)?
Answer:
This is one of his oversteps (may Allah have mercy on him). Yes, I have found this; it is an error, an overstep on his part. Because 'Umar innovated it—he says explicitly, he says "it is an innovation of 'Umar." Is it permissible to say this about 'Umar, the Caliph of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? But we ask Allah to forgive what He forgives. This is an overstep in speech. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your view on the statement of Imam al-San'ani in *Subul al-Salam* that maintaining twenty rak'ahs in the tarawih prayer is considered a bid'ah (religious innovation)?
Answer:
This is one of his oversteps (may Allah have mercy on him). Yes, I have found this; it is an error, an overstep on his part. Because 'Umar innovated it—he says explicitly, he says "it is an innovation of 'Umar." Is it permissible to say this about 'Umar, the Caliph of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? But we ask Allah to forgive what He forgives. This is an overstep in speech. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/32 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:14:41)
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