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Tarawih prayer at Taipei Grand Mosque, Taiwan. Tarawih (Arabic: تَّرَاوِيح, romanized: tarāwīḥ) are special Sunnah prayers involving reading long portions of the Quran, and performing up to 20 rakahs (cycles of prostrations required in Islamic prayer), which are performed only in the Islamic month of Ramadan.
After breaking their fast, Muslims perform taraweeh nightly prayers, in addition to the five regular prayers. “Taraweeh” derives from the Arabic word meaning to rest and relax.
Compared to regular compulsory prayer. Sohaib Sultan states that the steps for Sunnah prayer (Takbir, al-Fatihah, etc.) are exactly the same as for five daily obligatory prayers, but varying depending on the prayer are the number of rakat [3] (also rakʿah (Arabic: ركعة rakʿah, pronounced; plural: ركعات rakaʿāt), which is a unit of prayer.
Tahajjud, (Arabic: تَهَجُّد) also known as the "night prayer" or "Qiyam-u-lail", is a voluntary prayer performed by followers of Islam.It is not one of the five obligatory prayers required of all Muslims, although the Islamic prophet Muhammad was recorded as performing the tahajjud prayer regularly himself and encouraging his companions.
The mosque usually gets flocked by worshippers during the month of Ramadan to perform Taraweeh prayers and on religious holidays like Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha for Salat al-Eid. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It is locally known for providing Islamic funerary services to the deceased, such as ritual baths and prayers and is named after King Khalid bin ...
While most of the enclave’s mosques have been destroyed, believers gathered on the eve of Ramadan by the ruins of Al-Farouq Mosque in Rafah to pray taraweeh, the congregational Ramadan evening ...
Taraweeh prayers are a key nightly ritual for Muslims, encouraged for both men and women. In the UAE, authorities set the schedule for daily prayers, including Taraweeh. Families come together to pray in mosques, where the number of prayer units may differ based on different Islamic scholars' views. [24] [25] [26] [27]
Iftar (Arabic: إفطار, romanized: ifṭār) is the fast-breaking evening meal of Muslims in Ramadan at the time of adhan (call to prayer) of the Maghrib prayer.. This is their second meal of the day; the daily fast during Ramadan begins immediately after the pre-dawn meal of suhur and continues during the daylight hours, ending with sunset with the evening meal of iftar.