Topic: The Taraweeh Prayer ?

[Saalam]

Asselamu' Alaikum Brothers and Sisters,

Can someone tell me (us) the history of THE TARAWEEH PRAYER?
How it started, who started it and ...

Jezakum' Allah Khair
Saalam

[Devoted to Islam]

walaikum asalaam,
im not sure how is started but i do know that Allah subhanawatalah has said that the best prayer is at night, the last 1/3 of the night this when Allah sobahanahou wa ta'ala  comes down to the lowest level of heaven and says who will call out to me? who will ask me for things? who will ask for forgiveness? and Allah sobahanahou wa ta'ala   for sure answers the people who are in prayer at ths time,dear sister this hadith was naRrated by the prophet, WICH MEENS:angels come down to the lowest level of the sky (NOT HEAVEN) and they (angels) do the saying with the permission of Allah.BUT ITS NOT Allah WHOI COMES DOWN!!
moreover, it must also be noted that tarawiah prayers are NOT compulsory for either males or females and if one does read them one should not exceed 11 The modo: this is not true, this is the saying of albani..the wahabiy that died recently (Alhmadu Li Allah) ALL the mathahab have stated that Taraweeh Prayer is 20 raka^ahs... please be carefull where you get your sources from....the modo rakats ,
I have read that the Prophet may peace be upon him read tarawiah prayers and people used to gather in the mosque with him this went on for two days and on the 3rd the ppl came to the mosque but the Prophet peace be upon him was not there, the nxt day He  peace be upon him came and his companions radi^Allahou  anhou said that we were gathered here but u did not come , the Prophet peace be upon him said that i did not come  (come  not cum they have deferent meening sister  plez be careful)  because i feared that the prayer may becaume  compulsory(people  may believe that this prayer(trawiah) is compulsory),

DELETED by modo becouse this is wrong the taraweeeh is 20 raka^ahs the modo

DEAR SISTER I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT YOU. FIRST OF ALL WE KNOW THAT ALLAH CREATED EVERY THING, HE CREATED THE PLACE SO HE DOES NOT NEED A PLACE. ALLAH WAS IN NO PLACE BEFOR HE CREATED THE PlaCE AND HE IS STILL AS HE WAS ''WITH OUT A PLACE'', THE HADITH THAT WAS NARRATED BY THE PROPHET MEENS THAT ANGELS COME DOWNS WITH THE PERMISSION OF ALLAH TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE SKY.IT DOES NOT MEEN THAT ALLAH COMES DOWN! NO!! ALLAH DOES NOT RESSEMBLE IS CREATION REMEMBER? HE CREATED EVERY THING.

SECOND REMARK, PLEZ AVOID SAYING (SWT) AND SAY IT ALL WITH ITS FULL MEENING WICH IS; sobahanahou wa ta'ala no abreviation. may Allah PROTECT YOU SISTER.,(sadaqa)

[SadaQa]

dear Saalam, about the history of TARAWEEH PRAYERs
i do not know much, but i will give you its definition insha'Allah.

taraweeh prayers are non-obligatory prayers (*sunna) that muslims people do after having prayed Isha' prayer(salah) in Ramadan.

it is very important to mention that you should do the obligatory daily prayers and what ever you have missed before , rather than doing (Sunna prayer) because obligatory prayer comes in the first priority

any ways Maqdisee you miss understood what i meant by taraweeh and sunna, i wrote again at the bottom of the page (in a new thread) may Allah reward you for trying to correct me, may Allah bless you.may Allah ENHANCE Maqdisee your knowledge in Islam.Ameen  (Y)  :bh1  :bh1  :bh1  :bh1  :bh1  :bh1  :bh1  :bh1  :bh1 .

[Saalam]

Wa'alaikum Asselam brothers and sisters,

I know that PrayingTARAWEEH PRAYER in Jama^ah (Congregation) is one of the liked innovation that is a good innovation in Islam. I just want more detail of its historic explanation?

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taraweeh prayers are non-obligatory prayers (*sunna) that muslims people do after having prayed ''al magreb'' prayer(salah).

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I assumed you mean after ^Isha prayer.
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Finally there is no doubt:
The saying that Allah, ta^ala, exists without a place is the belief and the creed of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, the Companions and those who graciously followed them, and it shall be until the Day of Judgment. The proof of this precious statement is what Allah said in the Qur'an, in Surat ash-Shura, ayah 11:
 
[which means]: "There is nothing like Him and He has the attribute of Hearing and Seeing."

This ayah absolutely and totally clears Allah of resembling the creation. It comprises that Allah, ta^ala, is different from the creations in the Self, Attributes, and Doings. Hence, it shows that Allah, ta^ala, exists without a place, because the one who exists in a place would, by nature, be composed of atoms, i.e., he would be a body, occupying a space, and Allah, ta^ala, is clear of occupying spaces.

Jezakum' Allah Khair
Saalam

[Devoted to Islam]

dear bro sadaqa i have no doubt that wat you say in correct but neverthe less i have read the hadith about Allah subhanawatala coming to the lowest level of the sky, i will inshallah get the ref and post it, i have also read hadiths on the 11 rakah concept, i didnt kno it was a wahabi idea?
please forgive me for my mistakes, for if we dont make mistakes how must we learn,  i have been reading up alot lately but i never did check my sources.
i dnt understand though if it is hadith quoted in a book, how could it be wrong?

[Seeker of Truth]

Dear Saalam...May Allah bless you...
YES Taraweeh prayer in congregation are an innovation of guidance as Imam ^omar Radia Allahu ^anhu said Ni^matu al Bid^a Hathehe which could means this is among the best innovations

[SadaQa]

dear bro sadaqa i have no doubt that wat you say in correct but neverthe less i have read the hadith about Allah subhanawatala cumin to the lowest level of the sky, i will inshallah get the ref and post it, i have also read hadiths on the 11 rakah concept, i didnt kno it was a wahabi idea?
please forgive me for my mistakes, for if we dont make mistakes how must we learn,  i have been reading up alot lately but i never did check my sources.
i dnt understand though if it is hadith quoted in a book, how could it be wrong?

sister, it is not wrong but the people will interpreted the wrong way! this is what i meen some people like wahhabyes understood this hadith in a wrong way and said:Allah goes down....thats wrong, but the AHADITH THAT U POSTED IS NOT WRONG!!! THE WRONG  INTERPRETATION MAY DISTORTED THE MIND OF MUSLIM, AND CHANGE COMPLETLYYYYYYYYYYY Y ALL ITS MEENING]
SO SIS DON'T TAKE IT pERSONAL HABIBIBTY
I BELIVE YOU AND I KNOW THE HADITH AND ITS TRUE. TRUE LIKE I EXPLAINED, YOU NEVER KNOW SISTER, MAYBE THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK VOUD BE WAHHABY??

MY SWEET SISTER DONT SAY SORRY!!! ITS OK!! EVERY ONE DO MISTAKES IN LIFE, BUT I WANT YOU TO SAY:LA ILAHA ILLA LAH MOHAMAD RASSOUL ALLAH,BECAUSE THE WAHABYYT BELIVE IS KUFUR( NON-BELIVERS) THIS IS WHY I WANT U TO SAY (LAILAHA ILA LAH MOHAMAD RASSOUL ALLAH,TO COME BACK TO ISLAM AFTER UR MISTAKE, EVERY ONE DOES MISTAKES BUT I LOVE YOU SISTER FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND KUFUR THINGS, I WANT TO HELP YOU SISTER:)) THIS IS WHY IM HERE...TO HELP OTHERS")))DON'T BE MAD AT ME MY SISTER, U WILL THANK ME INSHA'ALLAH A DAY. HABIBBTY SMYLE KNOW!!!  :bh1  :bh1  :bh1  :bh1  :bh1  :bh1  :bh1  :bh1

DONT BE MADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDD AT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE :cwt  :cwt  :cwt  :cwt  :cwt  :cwt  :cwt  :cwt

[SadaQa]

I didn't meant that it sinfull to do Sunnah before doing Obligatory prayer"

but of course leaving the obligatory, or delaying it without a valid religious excuse is a sin"

"and many people nowadays leave the obligatory and go to pray Taraweeh and Sunnah prayers, Obligatory comes first"

This is What I meant, Dear and Inaddition I am a Bro and not a sister, May Allah Reward you for your good interntion to correct me," :bh1  :bh1  :bh1  :bh1

[Seeker of Truth]

Devoted2allah, what brother sadaqa is trying to say is that this hadith in arabic is CORRECT but the  meaning you gave is wrong... we have to be careful not to translate the ahadith and ayat literally because if we do that the we can fall into sin or worse BLASPHEMY.....

as for the hadith about 11 raka^a is could be a weak hadith or a mawdu^ hadith (meaning a false hadith) not everything that is in a book is correct some times some books have lies in them..like wahabi they are full of lies and corruption.... we must take knowledge from Muslim Scholars and not just any book...please be carefull where u go  and get ur knowledge. .Alhamdu Li Allah you have found this web site that is the site for Ahli Sunnah wal Jama^a that has PURE Islamic knowledge...

Please keep coming here to get all the answers to your questions

[SadaQa]

may Allah bless u bro seeker of truth
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am i right;)?
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