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''Tarawih'' ( ar, تراويح, tarāwīḥ), also rendered in
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...
as ''Taraweeh'', is derived from the Arabic root ر و ح related to rest and relaxation. Tarawih prayers are special Muslim prayers involving reading long portions of the
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, as well as performing many rakahs (cycles of movement involved in Islamic prayer). They are exclusive to the Sunni denomination of Islam.


Name variations

* ace, seumayang teurawèh * sq, namazi teravie * ar, صلاة التراويح, ṣalāt at-tarāwīḥ * az, təravih namazı * bn, তারাবীহ, tarabīh * bs, teravija namaz * ha, sallar tarawihi * hi, तरावीह, tarāvīh *
Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesian ...
,
Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...
: ''salat tarawih'', ''solat tarawih'' * jv, tarawèh * kk, тарауих намазы, translit=tarawikh namaz' *
Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...
: نوێژی تەڕاویح, romanized: nwéjī tarâwīḥ * my, တာရာဝီနာမာ့ဇ်, tarawee namaz * fa, نماز تراويح, namâz tarâvīḥ * sh, teravih-namaz; teravija * so, Taraawiix * su, tarawéh * sw, Tarawee * tg, Таровеҳ romanized Taroveh * tsg, tarawi * tr, terâvih namazı * ur, , namāz tarāvīḥ * uz, tarovih namozi * yka, tarawi * Afghan Pashto د تراويح لمونځ


Overview

Tarawih prayers begin from the first Moon-sighted evening (start of Ramadan) to second Moon-sighted evening (last day of Ramadan). This prayer is performed in congregation during Ramadan of the
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, after
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(and before
Witr Witr ( ar, وتر) is an Islamic prayer (''salat'') that is performed at night after ''Isha'' (night-time prayer) or before '' fajr'' (dawn prayer). Witr has an odd number of ''raka'at'' prayed in pairs, with the final raka'ah prayed separately ...
, which is also prayed following the imam who leads the prayer aloud in one or three rakats unlike how it is done in other eleven months). Tarawih prayers are prayed in pairs. According to the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi' and Hanbali schools of Sunni Islam, the standard number of rakats is twenty referring it to a narration in Muwatta' Imam Malik which said that "''In the time of Umar, the people used to offer 20 raka'āt"''. But it is clearly mentioned in the Muwatta' before the said narration that when Umar assigned duty to Ubay ibn Ka'b and Tamim al-Dari to lead the Tarawih, he ordered them to offer 11 raka'āt (8 of tarawih and 3 of witr). Sunni Muslims believe it is customary to attempt a ''takmil'' ("complete recitation" of the
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) as one of the religious observances of
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, by reciting at least one ''
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'' per night in tarawih. Tarawih prayers are considered optional (sunnah), or in other words, not obligatory. However, it is believed that the reward for them is great. Muhammad is reported to have said, “Whoever stands with the imam (in Taraweeh prayer) until he finishes, it is equivalent to spending the whole night in prayer.” This hadith was used as a proof by Imam Ahmad.


Background

The Sunni prayer Tarawih has been mentioned in traditions as ''Qiyam al-Layl min Ramadan'' ("Standing of night in Ramadan") and ''Qiyam al-Ramadan'' ("Standing of Ramadan"). Some Sunni Muslims regard the Tarawih prayers as ''Sunnat al-Mu'akkadah''. Other Sunni Muslims believe Tarawih is an optional prayer that may be performed at home. According to this tradition Muhammad initially and briefly prayed the Tarawih in congregation during Ramadan, but discontinued this practice out of concern it would be mandated, yet he never forbade it. During the time when
Umar ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate o ...
was the
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, he reinstated the praying of Tarawih in congregation.
Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...
Muslims regard Tarawih as ''
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'', introduced after the death of Muhammad by Umar ibn al-Khattab, according to his own words. A hadith from (
Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...
) kitab al-kafi: ‘Abu ‘Abdallah, peace be upon him, has said that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and his progeny, would increase his prayer during the month of Ramadan. After Al-‘Atmah (late evening prayer, he would perform more prayers. People behind would stand up (for prayer), but he would go inside and leave them. Then, after he came out, they would come and stand up behind him (for prayer), but he would leave them and go inside several times’. He (the narrator) has said that the Imam then said: ‘You must not perform prayer after late evening prayer during the times other than the month of Ramadan’. Al-Kafi by Al-Kulayni, vol. 4, p. 154-155, declared SAHIH by Majlisi in his Mir’ah Al-‘Uqul 16/378a
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narrated regarding the Tarawih prayer in
Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari ( ar, صحيح البخاري, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī), group=note is a ''hadith'' collection and a book of '' sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī (810–870) around 846. Al ...
: Instead, Twelvers believe in the
Tahajjud Tahajjud, also known as the "night prayer", is a voluntary prayer Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act o ...
prayer or ''Salat al-Layl'' ("night prayer"), which is recommended throughout the year, especially during the nights of Ramadan.


See also

*
All-night vigil The All-night vigil is a service of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches consisting of an aggregation of the canonical hours of Compline (in Greek usage only), Vespers (or, on a few occasions, Great Compline), Matins, and the F ...
in Orthodox Christianity


References


Further reading

*John L. Esposito: ''The Oxford Dictionary of Islam''. Oxford University Press US 2004, , p. 276 ()


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