Taraweeh literally means “rest pauses.” This name was used in - TopicsExpress



          

Taraweeh literally means “rest pauses.” This name was used in later generations to refer to the night prayer during Ramadan because of the pause observed after every four rak’ahs (units of prayer). The name was not used by the Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) neither did he pray twenty rak’ahs. In fact, he called it Salaatul-Layl and prayed eleven rak’ahs, consisting of two sets of four rak’ahs with three rak’ahs of witr. Abu Salamah ibn ‘Abdur Rahman reported that he asked ‘Aa’ishah (R/A), “How was Allah’s Messenger (SAW)’s night Salaah in Ramadan? ‘Aa’ishah (R/A) replied, ‘Allah’s Messenger (SAW) never used to exceed eleven rak’aat in Ramadan or other months. He would pray four rak’aat – don’t ask me about their beauty and length – then four more rak’aat – don’t ask me about their beauty and length either – then he would pray three more.”
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 00:11:31 +0000

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