What is Tarawih?
[[File:Taipei Grand Mosque - Tarawih.JPG|thumb|People praying Tarawih in Taipei Grand Mosque]] '''Tarawih''' (تراويح) also spelled '''Taraweeh''', are Sunnah [[Bid'ah prayer|prayer]]s (optional but recommended) which [[Muslim]]s read at night in the [[month]] of [[Ramadan]].<ref name=tarawih>{{Cite web |url= http://www.albalagh.net/kids/understanding_deen/tarawih_prayer.shtml |title=The Tarawih Prayer |work=albalagh.net |accessdate=15 August 2010 }}</ref> The details of how the Tarawih are to be said is [[Differential (mechanical device)|different]] between the different branches of [[Islam]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Irfani-Islam - इस्लाम की पूरी मालूमात हिन्दी|url=https://www.irfani-islam.in/|access-date=2022-02-25|website=Irfani-Islam - इस्लाम की पूरी मालूमात हिन्दी}}</ref> Tarawih prayers are made up of a number of prayer phrases and actions, [[rakahs]].<ref name=tarawih/> Hanafis and Shafi'i say there are 20 rakahs,<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/misc/tarawih.htm |title=Rakahs of Salaat al-Taraweeh |work=masud.co.uk |accessdate=15 August 2010 }}</ref> some Hanabalis say it is only eight,<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/misc/8or20.htm |title=Al-Albani Unveiled - Taraweeh 8 or 20? |work=masud.co.uk |accessdate=15 August 2010 }}</ref> while others say 20. [[Maliki|Malikis]] say there are 36, [[Andy Carroll|and]] the Ahl al-Hadeeth say it is 8. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Ramadan|state=expanded}} [[Category:Ramadan]] {{religion-stub}}