What should one do if he prays behind the imam of tarawih who prays twenty rak'ahs?

The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah bless you... The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) [regarding] this. So this man is a Bedouin who prays twenty. What does he do with this imam, I mean, or what?

The Shaykh : He prays behind this imam twenty rak'ahs, ten rak'ahs.

The questioner : Eleven rak'ahs.

The Shaykh : Ten rak'ahs in two forms. The first form is that he prays ten rak'ahs, then he delays the witr rak'ah to the end of the night, at the suhur, he prays the witr rak'ah.

The questioner : He does not complete twenty with him.

The Shaykh : That is the first form. The other form is when he follows the imam for twelve, but when the imam stands for the twelfth rak'ah, he intends to separate.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : And he sits for the tashahhud, so he has reached eleven rak'ahs. This is the second and final form. We recommend the first one, because the first one has no apparent deviation from the imam. Because a person is not obligated to pray if he is a Bedouin praying behind an imam who prays eleven rak'ahs according to the Sunnah. It is not obligatory for him to pray eleven rak'ahs. It is permissible for him to pray two rak'ahs and leave. It is permissible for him to pray four and leave, and so on. But the important thing is that he makes it as he (peace be upon him) said: .