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806. Abū Dharr narrated: "We fasted with the Prophet ﷺ, so he did not pray (the night prayer) with us until seven (nights) of the month remained. Then he ﷺ led us in prayer until a third of the night had gone, then he did not lead us in
prayer on the sixth. Then he led us in prayer on the fifth until half of the night had gone. We said to him: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Wouldn't you lead us in prayer for the remainder of the night?' He said: 'Indeed, whoever stands (praying) with the Imām until he finishes, then it is recorded for him that he prayed the whole night.' Then he did not lead us in prayer until three (nights) of the month remained. Then he led us in prayer on the third and he called his family and his women to pray with us until we feared missing the Falāh." I (Jubair bin Nufair) said to him: "What is the Falāh?" He said: "The Suhūr." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ. The people of knowledge differ over the night prayer of Ramaḍān. Some of them thought that it is to be prayed in forty-one Rak'ah with Witr. This is the view of the people of Al-Madinah, and this is what is acted upon by them in Al-Madinah. Most of the people of knowledge follow what is reported from 'Ali, 'Umar, and others among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ that it is twenty Rak'ah. This is the saying of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Ibn Al-Mubārak and Ash-Shāfī'i. Ash-Shāfī'i said: "This is what I see in our land in Makkah; they pray twenty Rak'ah." Aḥmad said: "There is a variety reported about this." He did not judge according to any of them. Ishāq said: "Rather we prefer forty-one Rak'ah
according to what has been reported from Ubayy bin Ka'b." Ibn Al-Mubārak, Aḥmad and Ishāq preferred that one perform the Ṣalāt with the Imām during the month of Ramaḍān. Ash-Shāfi'i preferred that he pray alone if he is a Qārī. (There are narrations on this topic from 'Aīshah, An-Nu'mān bin Bashīr, and Ibn 'Abbās.)
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'Allamah Bannawrī (a. Hanafi Deobandi) wrote: "It has to be accepted without any excuse that the Noble Prophet ﷺ offered eight Rak'ah Tarāwīh prayer; and it is not proven from any narration that he ﷺ offered Tarāwīh and Tahajjud (late night prayer) separately. However when he ﷺ led the congregation of Tarāwīh prayer, he did not increase the number of Rak'ah instead he prolonged it. In the light of the authentic Aḥādīth, he ﷺ led Tarāwīh prayer only eight Rak'ah and the number of Rak'ah more than that is not proven from him ﷺ."
