Ramadhan  Nights Taraweeh

It is narrated in haidth that the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) was asked:

ای الاعمال افضل؟ قال: الحال المرتحل الخ وفی کنز العمال شرحہ: الخاتم المفتح

i.e. O Messenger of Allah! Which is the best of actions? He replied: One who completes and at the same time begins.

Allamah Al-Suyuti writes in Al-Itqan with the reference of Al-Darami that whenever the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) recited Surah Al-Nas he used to recite it with the first 5 verses of Surah Baqarah and then recite the dua of Khatm-e-Quran.

So it ismustahabjust after completing the Quran to recite Surah Baqarah till the verse 5 and then recite theduaofKhatm-e-Quran

Mu’adh al-Juhani reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever recites the Quran and acts according to what is in it, his parents will be crowned on the Day of Resurrection with a light brighter than the light of the sun in your worldly houses, were it among you. What do you think of one who acts upon this?”

Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1453

Grade:Hasan(fair) according to Ibn Hajar

عَنْ مُعَاذٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَمَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَمِلَ بِمَا فِيهِ أُلْبِسَ وَالِدَاهُ تَاجًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ضَوْءُهُ أَحْسَنُ مِنْ ضَوْءِ الشَّمْسِ فِي بُيُوتِ الدُّنْيَا لَوْ كَانَتْ فِيكُمْ فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِالَّذِي عَمِلَ بِهَذَا

1453 سنن أبي داود كتاب الصلاة باب تفريع أبواب الوتر باب في ثواب قراءة القرآن

2/374 المحدث ابن حجر العسقلاني خلاصة حكم المحدث حسن في تخريج مشكاة المصابيح

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Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever recites a letter from the Book of Allah, he will receive one good deed as ten good deeds like it. I do not say that Alif Lam Mim is one letter, but rather Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter, and Mim is a letter.”

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2910

Grade:Sahih(authentic) according to Al-Arna’ut

عن عبد الله بن مسعود قال قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَمَنْ قَرَأَ حَرْفًا مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَلَهُ بِهِ حَسَنَةٌ وَالْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا لَا أَقُولُ الم حَرْفٌ وَلَكِنْ أَلِفٌ حَرْفٌ وَلَامٌ حَرْفٌ وَمِيمٌ حَرْفٌ

2910 سنن الترمذي كتاب فضائل القرآن باب ما جاء فيمن قرأ حرفا من القرآن ماله من الأجر

999 المحدث شعيب الأرناؤوط خلاصة حكم المحدث صحيح في تخريج رياض الصالحين

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Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas (radiyallahu ‘anhu) says: “When a person completes the Quran in the evening, the Angels seek forgiveness for this person till the morning, and when he completes the Quran in the morning, the Angels seek forgiveness for this person till the evening”.

(Sunan Darimi, Hadith: 3526)

‘Allamah Suyuti (rahimahullah) has graded the above Hadith sound (hasan).

(Al Itqan, vol. 1 pg. 156)

Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “It will be said to the companion of the Quran: Recite and ascend as you recited in the world! Verily, your rank is determined by the last verse you recite.”

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2914

Grade:Sahih(authentic) according to Al-Tirmidhi

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَيُقَالُ لِصَاحِبِ الْقُرْآنِ اقْرَأْ وَارْتَقِ وَرَتِّلْ كَمَا كُنْتَ تُرَتِّلُ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَإِنَّ مَنْزِلَتَكَ عِنْدَ آخِرِ آيَةٍ تَقْرَأُ بِهَا

2914 سنن الترمذي كتاب فضائل القرآن باب ما جاء فيمن قرأ حرفا من القرآن ماله من الأجر

5/35 المحدث الترمذي خلاصة حكم المحدث حسن صحيح في سنن الترمذي

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‘Uqbah ibn ‘Amir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “If the Quran were placed in a leatherskin and then thrown into the fire, it would not burn.”

Al-Bayhaqi said, “It means whoever carries the Quran and recites it will never be touched by Hellfire.”

Source: Sunan al-Dārimī 3310

Grade:Hasan(fair) according to Al-Albani

عن عقبة بن عامر قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَلَوْ جُعِلَ الْقُرْآنُ فِي إِهَابٍ ثُمَّ أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ مَا احْتَرَقَ

قال البيهقي يعني أن من حمل القرآن وقرأه لم تمسه النار

3310 سنن الدارمي كتاب فضائل القرآن باب فضل من قرأ القرآن

3562 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث إسناده حسن في السلسلة الصحيحة

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Umar ibn Al-Khattab reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْفَعُ بِهَذَا الْكِتَابِ أَقْوَامًا وَيَضَعُ بِهِ آخَرِينَ

Verily, Allah raises the status of people with this Book and he humiliates others.

Source: Sahih Muslim 817, Grade:Sahih

Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

إِنَّ الَّذِي لَيْسَ فِي جَوْفِهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ كَالْبَيْتِ الْخَرِبِ

Verily, one who does not memorize anything from the Quran is like a ruined house.

Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2913, Grade:Sahih

Sayyiduna ‘Irbad ibn Sariyah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “… Whoever completes the Quran, will have a du’a that will definitely be answered”

(Al Mu’jamul Kabir of Imam Tabarani -rahimahullah-, with a weak chain. See Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 7 pg. 172)

Have Your Say Please !

This is The Month of Qur’an

شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِيْٓ اُنْزِلَ فِيْهِ الْقُرْاٰنُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَيِّنٰتٍ مِّنَ الْهُدٰى وَالْفُرْقَانِۚ

The month of Ramadan is the one in which the Qur’ān was revealed as guidance for mankind, and as clear signs that show the right way and distinguish between right and wrong.

(al-Baq̈arah 2:185)

Quran as blessings & bounty for us

يٰٓاَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاۤءَتْكُمْ مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّكُمْ وَشِفَاۤءٌ لِّمَا فِى الصُّدُوْرِۙ وَهُدًى وَّرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ

(يونس:٥٧)

O men, there has come to you an advice from your Lord, and a cure for the ailments of your hearts, and guidance and mercy for the believers.

Be happy & rejoice on the blessings of Ramdhan

Allah instructed His beloved ﷺ:

قُلْ بِفَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ وَبِرَحْمَتِهِۦ فَبِذَٰلِكَ فَلْيَفْرَحُوا۟ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِّمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ
“Say: In Allah’s grace and mercy let them rejoice. That is far better than whatever (wealth) they accumulate.”

Yunus Verse 58

Note :Ramaḍān is indeed from the mercy, kindness and generosity of Allah upon us. Let us rejoice and feel happy with its arrival.

( Lexical meaning of ramdhan is '' the Burner '' i.e Its burn the bad habits & sins etc )

Other Holy books revealed

عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَأُنْزِلَتْ صُحُفُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام فِي أَوَّلِ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ وَأُنْزِلَتْ التَّوْرَاةُ لِسِتٍّ مَضَيْنَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ وَالْإِنْجِيلُ لِثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ خَلَتْ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ وَأُنْزِلَ الْفُرْقَانُ لِأَرْبَعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ خَلَتْ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ

16536 مسند أحمد مسند الشاميين

1575 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث إسناده حسن رجاله ثقات في السلسلة الصحيحة

Wathila ibn al-Asqa’ reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The scriptures of Abraham, upon him be peace, were revealed on the first night of Ramadan. The Torah was revealed after six nights of Ramadan had passed. The Gospel was revealed after thirteen nights of Ramadan had passed. The Quranwas revealed after twenty four nights of Ramadan had passed.”

Source: Musnad Aḥmad 16536

Grade:Hasan(fair) according to Al-Albani

Reward of Qiyam with the Imam

عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

إِنَّهُ مَنْ قَامَ مَعَ الإِمَامِ يعنى في رمضان حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ كُتِبَ لَهُ قِيَامُ لَيْلَةٍ

806 سنن الترمذي كتاب الصوم باب ما جاء في قيام شهر رمضان

Abu Dharr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, whoever stands for prayer in Ramadan with the Imam until he is finished, it will be recorded as if he prayed the entire night.”

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 806

Grade:Sahih(authentic) according to Al-Tirmidhi

Completing the Holy Quran Is sunnah in a year at least

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ يَعْرِضُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّ عَامٍ مَرَّةً فَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ فِي الْعَامِ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ

وَكَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ كُلَّ عَامٍ عَشْرًا فَاعْتَكَفَ عِشْرِينَ فِي الْعَام الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ

4712 صحيح البخاري كتاب فضائل القرآن باب كان جبريل يعرض القرآن على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم

Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, would review the Quran once every year in Ramadan and he reviewed it twice in the year he passed away. The Prophet would seek spiritual retreat in the mosquefor ten days every year and he secluded himself for twenty days in the year he passed away.

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4998

Grade:Sahih(authentic) according to Al-Bukhari

another narration

عَنْ فاطمة عَنْ النَّبِيّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ

أَسَرَّ إِلَيَّ إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ يُعَارِضُنِي الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةً وَإِنَّهُ عَارَضَنِي الْعَامَ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَا أُرَاهُ

إِلَّا حَضَرَ أَجَلِي وَإِنَّكِ أَوَّلُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي لَحَاقًا بِي فَبَكَيْتُ

فَقَالَ أَمَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ تَكُونِي سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ أَوْ نِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَضَحِكْتُ لِذَلِكَ

3376 صحيح البخاري كتاب المناقب باب علامات النبوة في الإسلام

Fatimah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Gabriel would come to me to revise the Quran once every year. This year he revised with me twice. I do not think it means anything but that my term will come to an end. Verily, you will be the first of the people of my house to meet me.” So I wept and the Prophet said, “Are you not pleased with be the master of the women of Paradise or the believing women?” So I laughed at that.

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3376

Grade:Sahih(authentic) according to Al-Bukhari

Being gentle & generous

عن ابن عباس رضى الله عنهما قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ وَكَانَ أَجْوَدُ مَا يَكُونُ فِي رَمَضَانَ حِينَ يَلْقَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ وَكَانَ يَلْقَاهُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَيُدَارِسُهُ القُرْآنَ فَلَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

أَجْوَدُ بِالخَيْرِ مِنَ الرِّيحِ المُرْسَلَةِ

1902 صحيح البخاري كتاب الصوم باب أجود ما كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يكون في رمضان

2308 صحيح مسلم كتاب الفضائل باب كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أجود الناس بالخير من الريح المرسلة

Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was the most generous of people and he was even more generous in Ramadan when Gabriel would meet him. He would meet him every night of Ramadan to study the Quran. Thus, the Prophet would be more generous than a refreshing wind.

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1902, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2308

Grade:Muttafaqun Alayhi(authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim

Quran in salah & fast interecede

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ

الصِّيَامُ وَالْقُرْآنُ يَشْفَعَانِ لِلْعَبْدِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

يَقُولُ الصِّيَامُ أَيْ رَبِّ مَنَعْتُهُ الطَّعَامَ وَالشَّهَوَاتِ بِالنَّهَارِ فَشَفِّعْنِي فِيهِ

وَيَقُولُ الْقُرْآنُ مَنَعْتُهُ النَّوْمَ بِاللَّيْلِ فَشَفِّعْنِي فِيهِ قَالَ فَيُشَفَّعَانِ

6626 مسند أحمد

3882 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث صحيح في صحيح الجامع

Abdullah ibn Amr reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Fasting and the Quran will intercede for the servant on the Day of Resurrection. Fasting will say: O Lord, I prevented him from food and desires during the day, so let me intercede for him. The Quran will say: O Lord, I prevented him from sleeping during the night, so let me intercede for him. Thus, they will both intercede for him.”

Source: Musnad Aḥmad 6626

Grade:Sahih(authentic) according to Al-Albani

Miscellaneous

No mu’min servant (of Allah) performs salaah during its night (any night of Ramadhaan), but Allah will record for him one thousand five hundred hasanah (rewards) for every sajdah that he makes. And Allah will build a home for him in Jannah made out of red ruby, which will have sixty thousand doors, each of its doors having (interlinked to, leading to) a palace made out of gold, ornamented (beautified and decorated) with rubies.

Thus, when he (the mu’min) fasts on the first day of Ramadhaan, all his past sins are pardoned, and seventy thousand malaaikah make istighfaar for him, daily, from the time of the fajr salaah, until the sun sets.

And for every sajdah that he makes during Ramadhaan, either by day or by night, there will be for him a tree, (in Jannah, so huge that) a person on horseback will ride in its shade for five hundred years.” (Baihaqi, Targheeb)

Allah tala's duty to forgive upon this

عَنْ ‌مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ

مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ وَصَلَّى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَحَجَّ الْبَيْتَ إِلَّا كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَى اللهِ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لَهُ

إِنْ هَاجَرَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَوْ مَكَثَ بِأَرْضِهِ الَّتِي وُلِدَ بِهَاقَالَ مُعَاذٌ أَلَا أُخْبِرُ بِهَذَا النَّاسَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَذَرِ النَّاسَ يَعْمَلُونَ فَإِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِائَةَ دَرَجَةٍ مَا بَيْنَ كُلِّ دَرَجَتَيْنِ كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْفِرْدَوْسُ أَعْلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَأَوْسَطُهَا وَفَوْقَ ذَلِكَ عَرْشُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَمِنْهَا تَفَجَّرُ أَنْهَارُ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِذَا سَأَلْتُمُ اللهَ فَسَلُوهُ الْفِرْدَوْسَ

2530 سنن الترمذي أبواب صفة الجنة باب ما جاء في صفة درجات الجنة

2530 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث صحيح في صحيح الترمذي

Mu’adh ibn Jabal reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan, performs the prayers, and makes the Hajj pilgrimage to the House, it is a duty upon Allah to forgive him whether he emigrates in the path of Allah or remains in the land of his birth.” Mu’adh said, “Shall I not tell the people?” The Prophet said, “Leave them to work. Verily, there are one hundred levels in Paradise, the distance between them like the heavens and the earth. Al-Firdaws is the highest and most ideal level, for above that is the Throne of the Most Merciful and from it flow the rivers of Paradise. When you ask from Allah, ask for Al-Firdaws.”

Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2530

Grade:Sahih(authentic) according to Al-Albani

Sins get burnt & wiped out

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُرَغِّبُ فِي قِيَامِ رَمَضَانَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَأْمُرَهُمْ فِيهِ بِعَزِيمَةٍ فَيَقُولُ

مَنْ قَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ

فَتُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالْأَمْرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فِي خِلَافَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَصَدْرًا مِنْ خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ

2009 صحيح البخاري كتاب صلاة التراويح باب فضل من قام رمضان

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, encouraged standing for night prayer in the month of Ramadan, without imposing it on them. The Prophet would say, “Whoever stands in prayer during Ramadan due to faith and seeking reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.” After the Prophet passed away the matter continued like that, then continued like that during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr and in the early part of the Caliphate of Umar.

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2009, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 759

another narration

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ

‏"‏ مَنْ قَامَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ،

وَمَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ ‏"‏‏.‏

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever established prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven; and whoever fasts in the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven."

Sahih al-Bukhari 1901

another narration

عن عبد الرحمن بن عوف قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

إِنَّ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرٌ افْتَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ صِيَامَهُ وَإِنِّي سَنَنْتُ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ قِيَامَهُ فَمَنْ صَامَهُ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا خَرَجَ مِنْ الذُّنُوبِ كَيَوْمِ وَلَدَتْهُ أُمُّهُ

1688 مسند أحمد

2/320 المحدث أحمد شاكر خلاصة حكم المحدث إسناده صحيح في مسند أحمد

Abdur Rahman ibn Awf reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Ramadan is a month in which Allah Almighty has obligated its fasting. I have instituted for Muslims thepractice of prayer at night. Thus, whoever fasts it with faith and expecting reward will be rid of sins like the day he was born from his mother.”

Source: Musnad Aḥmad 1688

Grade:Sahih(authentic) according to Ahmad Shakir

Taraweeh Prayer 

Taraweeh is one of the highly recommended prayers of Muslims. During the month of Ramadan, The believers of Islam pray Taraweeh Salah. This prayer is sunnah mu’akkadah. The evidence of Taraweeh namaz is found in Quran and Sunnah direct & indirect respectively. According to different Muslim scholar, this salah comes under the qiyaam al-layl (qiyaam-ul-layl) which refers to night prayers.

Taraweeh Meaning

The Word Taraweeh ( تراويح ) comes from an Arabic word. The root word of Tarabih (Taraweeh) is rauh or raha. In the Arabic language, Rauh or Raha means taking rest. It is called Taraweeh namaz (Salah) because during these prayers the Muslims take rest between four Raka’at of Salah.

Taraweeh refers to the praying for Allah Tala at night during the month of Ramadan. 

History of taraweeh

In the last year of the Prophet’s life, he came out one night and prayed taraweeh. On that night, some people prayed with him. during the second night, word spread and more people joined in taraweeh. Even more people attended on the third. On the fourth night, the masjid was packed and the people awaited the Prophet’s arrival.
The Prophet, however, prayed at home by himself. after Fajr, he said:

“Nothing prevented me from coming out to you except the fact that I feared that it would be made obligatory for you.” (Muslim)

From the time of Abu Bakr to the beginning of `Umar’s time, people prayed either individually or in small groups. Later, ‘Umar gathered everyone behind one imam and they prayed 8 Rak`at. Eventually, it was increased to 20 raka‘at to make it easy for the people.