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How many rakaats should be offered for taraweeh prayers according to the Hanafi madhab?

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Assalam u alaikum? Please let me know about tarawi namaz..Whether to offer 8 rakaat r 20 rakaat with authentic refrences..I belong to hanafi maslak. Hope u ll anrwer.

Answer

(Fatwa: 1254/1071=L/1429)

It is narrated by Ibn Abbas in Musnnaaf ibn Abi Sheba, Tabrani and Baihaqi that the Prophet (صلي الله عليه وسلم) offered 20 rakah taravih:

احاديث العشرين ركعة: روی ابن ابی شيبه في مصنفه والطبرانى في معجمہ وعنه البيهقي من حديت ابراهيم بن أبي شعبه عن الحكم عن مقسم عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما أن النبي صلي الله عليه وسلم كان يصلي في رمضان عشرين ركعة سوی الوتر (نصب الرا يه 2:153)

In the reign of Hadhrat Umar (رضی اللہ عنہ) 20 rakah taravih was performed. It is in the Muatta Imam Malik:

كان الناس يقومون في زمن عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه بثلاث وعشرين ركعة (موطا امام مالك: 98)

And this is followed by overwhelming majority of Ummah.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband

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