Since the time of the Sahaba, till the present day, the tarawih prayer in Ramadan has been performed as twenty units. This is the case even now in the holy sanctuaries of Makkah and Medina. We know for sure that the majority of the Sahaba and the Followers (tabi’een) would perform twenty units, and this as we will see, is one of the strongest proofs of the tarawih being twenty units, since it is inconceivable that the Sahaba could collectively abandon the Sunnah in such a way.
Many of the people of knowledge took it upon themselves to refute the claims that the Sunnah of tarawih is eight units and that twenty is a baseless innovation. One of the works in this field is this booklet before you which is a translation of the chapter on tarawih from the book Al-Salatu fil-Islam by the late Syrian scholar, Sheikh Abdullah Sirajuddin al-Husayni (may Allah have mercy on him).
In it, the Sheikh mentions the one proof for eight units and then mentions twenty-one proofs for twenty units.
As far as I am aware, this is the first time this work has been translated into English.
The purpose of this publication is not to cause division and arguments but rather to inform and educate. Please read and share with those who may benefit.
The original Arabic work can be found here.
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