Discussion on the Tarawih prayer.

The questioner : I say: Twelve years ago, Allah decreed that my son came across a book that I had brought but had not read or understood. However, he read it and understood something from it, and he said: "O my father, perhaps we have not hit the mark in the Tarawih prayer. I found a book that says the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is eleven rak'ahs." So we researched it with the book and referred to some of the references that the author of the book, who is you, had referred to. May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.

The questioner : We also found there the hadith of Aisha, so we said: "We have missed it, so we repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness. And as for what remains, if Allah wills, we will not add to the eleven rak'ahs until we meet Allah." So we have not added anything until now, and we do not want to add anything, if Allah wills, despite the many who oppose us, the many who are armed, the many who repeat, and the many who say there is no god but Allah. But we count this as a good deed with Allah. When a Muslim knows a Sunnah of the Sunnahs of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he holds onto it with his hand, bites down on it with his molars, and grips it with his foot...

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.

The questioner : I ate dates, I drank coffee.

The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.

The questioner : I will give you a date.

The Shaykh : May Allah honor you with the fruits of Paradise, not just for me.

The questioner : That is enough for you.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : I remembered Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) when he drank milk. I said: "O Shaykh, it seems there will be nothing left for me:..?"

The questioner : I and my Ummah are innocent of affectation?

The Shaykh : "I and my Ummah are innocent of affectation."

The questioner : Where do we find this, O our Shaykh?