What is the response to those who say that praying the tahajjud prayer in congregation in the last part of the night in Ramadan is a bid'ah (religious innovation)?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on praying the tahajjud prayer in congregation in the last part of the night in Ramadan, given that some have come to say it is a bid'ah (religious innovation), as well as increasing beyond eleven rak'ahs?

Answer:
These are lazy people who want to sleep; they seek excuses for themselves and discourage others. If they are lazy and do not want to do good, why do they discourage people from tahajjud in Ramadan and in the last ten nights? Would the Companions be innovators? The Companions used to pray tahajjud in congregations in the mosques; are they innovators? Did they not pray tarawih behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on nights of Ramadan? But these are lazy people who want to sleep, and perhaps some of them are mosque imams, and praying with the people is burdensome for them, so they want to get rid of it and resort to these tricks: "This is a bid'ah, this is the original ruling, this is such and such." Yes.