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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.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... And former guest imam for taraweeh at Masjid al-Haram. [5] [6] ... Mecca in 1990 for Taraweeh Prayers during the month of Ramadan.
Some use these divisions to facilitate recitation of the Qurʼān in a month—such as during the Islamic month of Ramadan, [2] [3] when the entire Qurʼān is recited in the Tarawih prayers, typically at the rate of one juzʼ a night. [citation needed]
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.
Tarawih salah (Arabic: صلاة التراويح) is a sunnah prayer performed exclusively during Ramadan by Sunnis. It is performed immediately after the Isha prayer, and consists of 8 to 36 rak'a. Shi'ites hold that Tarawih is a bid'ah initiated by the second Rashidun caliph, Umar. Tarawih is also generally concluded with Witr salah.
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]
In 1981, during the month of Ramadan, he was appointed as imam for the Tarawih prayers in Masjid al-Haram and then he went back to the Great Mosque of Medina where he continues to lead prayers. [3] He briefly served as an imam and Khateeb of Quba Mosque in 1987.
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.