Is the Tahajjud prayer, which is performed in the last part of the night, part of the Tarawih prayer or part of the night prayer (Qiyam al-Layl)?
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The questioner : There is another question; we are troubling you a little.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : When I pray eight rak'ahs of Tarawih and then the Witr, the total comes to eleven.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : When I sleep afterwards, is the Tahajjud prayer, which is after I wake up from sleep before Fajr, a separate prayer from Tarawih, or is it the night prayer (Qiyam al-Layl), or what is it?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you; this is your friend 'Abd al-Wahhab's question.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We told him that there is no such thing as praying the night prayer twice; rather, these are multiple names for a single entity: the night prayer (Qiyam al-Layl), Tahajjud, and the Tarawih prayer in Ramadan are all names for the same thing. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not, in a single night, as the Mother of the Believers 'A'ishah said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not exceed eleven rak'ahs in Ramadan or otherwise."
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, our master, and may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And you.
The questioner : As for our brother Ahmad.
The Shaykh: Come on.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : When I pray eight rak'ahs of Tarawih and then the Witr, the total comes to eleven.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : When I sleep afterwards, is the Tahajjud prayer, which is after I wake up from sleep before Fajr, a separate prayer from Tarawih, or is it the night prayer (Qiyam al-Layl), or what is it?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you; this is your friend 'Abd al-Wahhab's question.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We told him that there is no such thing as praying the night prayer twice; rather, these are multiple names for a single entity: the night prayer (Qiyam al-Layl), Tahajjud, and the Tarawih prayer in Ramadan are all names for the same thing. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not, in a single night, as the Mother of the Believers 'A'ishah said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not exceed eleven rak'ahs in Ramadan or otherwise."
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, our master, and may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : And you.
The questioner : As for our brother Ahmad.
The Shaykh: Come on.
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