"issue about praying tareweh"

[peermohsin]

Asalam u ailikum

The below mentioned hadith which is quoted from Sahih BUkhari states that we have to pray only eleven rakats of tareweh, but some other parties are not in favour of this hadith. After all how many rakats we have to pray? The other ahadith which are quoted from tirmidi and other books did not have proper sanad ie their narration is weak. Also if we will see the book of Allama Albani " Fiqh ul Sunnah" he also states that we have to pray only eleven rakats and the other narrations are bidah(innovations). Further SAhih Bukhari is the only book whose status is next to Quran and we must have faith in it .It is said that if two sahih ahadith are qouted against each other and there is one between them which belongs to SAhih Bukhari, We have to obey Bukhari's hadith.

Narrated Abu Salama bin Abdur Rahman RA narrates
that he asked 'Aisha RA"How was the prayer of Allah's Apostle in Ramadan?" She replied, "He did not pray more than
eleven Rakat in Ramadan or in any other month. He used to pray four Rakat ---- let alone their beauty and
length----and then he would pray four ----let alone their beauty and length ----and then he would pray three Rakat
(Witr)." She added, "I asked, 'O Allah's Apostle! Do you sleep before praying the Witr?' He replied, 'O 'Aisha! My eyes
sleep but my heart does not sleep." (SAHIH BUKHARI vol 3 hadith 230 or 2030)

[Salamat]

It must be that time of the year again
Use the search engine, this matter has been dealt with...repeatedly.

[hmdsalahuddin]

Walaikum Salam,

1. Brother Read the Hadith carefully quoted by you. It is tahajjud prayer. Allah's Apostle performed tahajjud at Home.

2. Allah's Apostle performed tareweh in masjid.

Narrated 'Urwa: That he was informed by 'Aisha, "Allah's Apostle went out in the middle of the night and prayed in the mosque and some men prayed behind him. In the morning, the people spoke about it and then a large number of them gathered and prayed behind him (on the second night). In the next morning the people again talked about it and on the third night the mosque was full with a large number of people. Allah's Apostle came out and the people prayed behind him. On the fourth night the Mosque was overwhelmed with people and could not accommodate them, but the Prophet came out (only) for the morning prayer. When the morning prayer was finished he recited Tashah-hud and (addressing the people) said, "Amma ba'du, your presence was not hidden from me but I was afraid lest the night prayer (Qiyam) should be enjoined on you and you might not be able to carry it on." So, Allah's Apostle died and the situation remained like that (i.e. people prayed individually). " (SAHIH BUKHARI Volume 3, Book 32, Hadith Number 229)

[peermohsin]

Asalam u ailikum brother but in the hadith there is written tareweh prayer

[hmdsalahuddin]

Walaikum salam,

In which hadith word taraweh is written?

[woeuntothee]

Seriously do a search brother. Your impression is wrong, and the real 'bid'ah' here; to introduce or even think that the Ummah and its Ulema have been in falsehood for so many years until Albani showed up.

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...ID=1051&CATE=4

http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/misc/8or20.htm

[hmdsalahuddin]

Brother, I never commented on number of rakats, my comments were for the hadith uopn which the thread was started. SAHIH BUKHARI vol 3 hadith 230 refers to tahahjjud only not taraweh.

No scholar can be greater than Umar (R.A) to understand the fiqh and sunnah. Taraweh is 20 rakat only.

[woeuntothee]

Agreed. The article I linked explains the issue in detail, including the fact that Albani was mistaken in his assertion that the hadith on tahajjud refers to tarawih.

[Usman]

Just like the brothers said, this issue has been dealt with numerous times.

Merely to add another repetition, Tawaweeh is the Plural of Tarviha , whose masdar is Rahatun (to take rest) . Therefore Taraveeh actually refers to sitting or taking little rests after salaah.

As per another hadeeth, Rasoolullah SallAllahu alaihi wa sallam said, "The night prayers are in two twos". Therefore, after each set to two twos, ( meaning 4 [2+2] ). Hence, sitting once after 4 rakaat becomes Tarvihatun.

After another set of 4, if we take rest, it becomes Tarveehataan or Tarveehatayn, and not Taraveeh. According to Arabic grammer, Taraveeh has to be more than 3 rests and less than 10. Therefore the count of the word "Taraveeh" actually should be between 12 ( excluding witr ) and 40 ( excluding witr ).

Now those who think that praying 8 is Taraveeh, are dead wrong. Understanding this bitter reality, "Zubair Ali Zai" Kazzab has changed the name of his book "Taraveeh 8 rakaat sunnat hay" to "Ta'daad-e-Rakaat-e-Qiyam-e-Ramadhan ka Tahqeeqi Jaiza".

Therefore, to my dear Ghair Muqallid brothers, either stop using the word Taraveeh, or pray 20.

I remember reading Shaikh Saleh Al-Munajjed Hafidhahullah saying "One would get more reward if he prays 8". When I showed this to some ulama, they smiled at Sheikh Salih's understanding. They said, "Qur'an teaches Wasjud, Waqtarib ( and Prostrate to me and come closer to me ) . Therefore, another reason why coming close to Allah would be to prostrate to Him, rather than torturing yourself into 8 rakaat."

I hope this part helps.

[peermohsin]

we can not add something of own to the sunnah of Prophet Muhammad SAW. In a hadith of Sahih Muslim there is written that who ever does something apart from sunnah in islam is mardood ie dirty