Tarawih - Proof For 20 Rak'ats

Like this Brother says...Taraweeh is 20 Rakaat

can malikis pray their qadha salah behind the imam praying taraweeh? i believe shafis can do so.

sometimes we should give a person an alternative instead of saying it is haram.. because if a person is weak and shaytan and nafs make it seem overwhelming, then they won't pray fardh qadha and they won't pray nafl taraweeh either.

a large part of the ummah has qadha salah to pray but don't have the himmat to pray it all on their own...it helps if they can join in the 20 rakat taraweeh as a muqtadi. by the end of ramadan, they would have finished 300 fajr.

وأَكْثَرُ أهْلِ العِلمِ على ما رُوِيَ عن عليٍّ وعُمر وغَيْرِهِمَا مِنْ أَصحابِ النبيِّ عِشْرِينَ رَكْعَةً. وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الثَّوْرِيِّ وابنِ المُبَارَكِ والشَّافِعيِّ رحمه الله. وقَالَ الشَّافِعيُّ: وهَكَذَا أدْرَكْتُ بِبَلَدِنَا بِمَكَّةَ، يُصَلُّونَ عِشْرِينَ رَكْعَةً

The Majority amongst People of Knowledge, (agree) upon praying 20 Rakahs (of Tarawih) as is narrated from Umar (RA), Ali (RA) and other Sahaba of Prophet (Salallaho alaihi wasalam) Sufyan Thawri رحمة الله عليه, Abdullah Ibn Mubarak رحمة الله عليه and Imam Shafi’i رحمة الله عليه said the same, Imam Shafi'i رحمة الله عليه said that he saw people of Makkah praying 20 Rakahs (Tarawih) [Sunnan Jami’i al Tirimdhi, Book of Fasting, Chapter on Qiyaam in Ramadan Volume 3 Page No. 169 Hadith No. 806]

عن السائب بن يزيد قال كانوا يقومون على عهد عمر بن الخطاب في شهر رمضان بعشرين ركعة وفي عهد عثمان )سنن البيهقي ص496/2
 

Al-Saaib bin Yazeed (Radiyallahu Anh) narrated that we used to offer twenty raka’at followed by Witr in the reign of ‘Umar (Radiyallahu Anh) and ‘Uthman (Radiyallahu Anh).(Sunan Al-aihaqi, 2/496)

وعن أبي عبد الرحمن السُّلَمي: أن عليّاً دعا القُرّاء في رمضان، فأمر رجلاً بأن يصلّي بالناس عشرين ركعة، وكان عليٌّ يوتر بهم. )التعليق الممجد على موطأ محمد (1/ 629(
 

Abi ‘Abdul Rahman Al-Salami (Radiyallahu Anh) narrated that ‘Ali (Radiyallahu Anh) called for the Huffaz Al-Qur’an in the month of Ramadan and asked one of them to lead people in offering twenty raka’at Salat (Al-Taraweeh) while he himself used to lead the Witr prayer.(Al-Taleeq Al-Mujaddad ala Muwatta’ Imam Muhammad, 1/629)

عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْحَسْنَاءِ، «أَنَّ عَلِيًّا أَمَرَ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ فِي رَمَضَانَ عِشْرِينَ رَكْعَةً» مصنف ابن أبي شيبة (2/ 163(
 

Abi Al-Hasana’ (Rahimahullah) narrated that ‘Umar (Radiyallahu Anh) ordered a person to lead twenty raka’at Salat (Al-Taraweeh) in the month of Ramadan.(Musannaf ibn abi shaibah, 2/163)