Dividing the night prayer in the last ten days

Question:
Shaykh Salih, was dividing the night prayer between the beginning of the night and the end of the night a practice that existed in the past, O Shaykh?

Answer:
Yes, they used to pray tarawih at the beginning of the night, and then when the last ten days entered, they added tahajjud at the end of the night. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as mentioned previously, when the last ten days entered, would gird himself, tighten his waistband, wake up his family, and keep his night awake. They would single out the last ten days for additional prayer at night.
The prayer of tahajjud is added to the prayer of tarawih; they do not restrict themselves to just tarawih, nor do they restrict themselves to just tahajjud as some of the self-proclaimed scholars do now, or rather the lazy ones who do not have the strength for worship. They want to sleep and be lazy, and they argue with what they claim is the Sunnah for them. This is the Prophetic guidance: that he (peace and blessings be upon him) in the first twenty days would pray and sleep. But when the last ten days entered, meaning in the first twenty days he would pray and sleep, whereas when the last ten days entered, he would gird himself, tighten his waistband, keep his night awake, and wake up his family. This indicates that the prayer of tahajjud at the end of the night is added to the prayer of tarawih at the beginning of the night. This prayer of tarawih in the first twenty days is what they restrict themselves to, and if a person adds more, that is good, and tahajjud, especially if he is accustomed to standing in prayer at the end of the night, is an addition of good to good and a continuation of righteous deeds. But the last ten days have a distinction in which effort and worship of Allah the Exalted and Majestic are increased. Yes.