Consequences of taking Taraweeh as 8 raka?at

Consequences of taking Taraweeh as 8 raka’at from Hadhrat Aisha (May Allah be well pleased with her) Hadith:

 

If Taraweeh is taken as 8 raka’at, then it should also be accepted that Taraweeh should be offered after getting up from sleep and in the last part of the night.  Nobody offers Taraweeh after getting up from sleep.

 

If Hadhrat Aisha (May Allah be well pleased with her) was saying about 8 raka’at of Taraweeh, then she herself would be offering the same 8 raka’at.  She would not have kept quiet on seeing something against the Sunnah.  There is no narration from Hadhrat Aisha Siddiqua (May Allah be well pleased with her) that she offered 8 raka’at Taraweeh.  She was present in the times of the Four Caliphs.  The Sahabah would all offer 20 raka’at.  If this was against the Sunnah, she would have objected to it.  That Hadhrat Aisha Siddiqua (May Allah be well pleased with her) held her peace and did not object to this shows that this Hadith is not about Taraweeh.

 

If this Hadith of Ummul Momineen Hadhrat Aisha Siddiqua (May Allah be well pleased with her) is about Taraweeh, then which Salaat does the following Hadith talk about?  Both the Hadith cannot be about the same Salaat, as the previous Hadith of Hadhrat Aisha (May Allah be well pleased with her) is about Ramadhan and out of it and this Hadith talks about 2, 3 days:

 

Translation: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Aisha Siddiqua (May Allah be well pleased with her), she says:  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) was offering Salaat in His room at night and the wall of the room was of medium height.  The Sahabah saw the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and offered Salaat behind Him (taking Him as their Imam).  Morning came and the Sahabah mentioned this to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).  The next night the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) was offering Salaat.  The Sahabah saw Him and started offering Salaat behind Him.  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) did this for 2 or 3 nights to the point that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) remained in His room and did not come.  In morning, when the Sahabah mentioned this, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: I fear that this Salaat will be declared Fardh for you.  In another version of the same Hadith, the following words are given:

 

Translation: Then you will not be able to offer it.

 

(Sahih Bukhari, Vol 1, Hadith No: 729; Hadith No: 924; Hadith No: 1129; Hadith No: 2012)

 

This Hadith is mentioned in Sahih Bukhari at more than 3 places.  This Hadith has mention of offering of Salaat, but there is no mention of the number of raka’at.  The interpreter of Sahih Bukhari, the author of Fath Ul Bari, Imam Ibn Hajr Asqalani (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) has clarified in Al Talkhees that here, the number of raka’at was 20.

 

(Al Talkhees, Tabe ul Kitab Us Salaat, Hadith No: 540)