Taraweeh in the era of Hadhrat Umar (May Allah be well pleased with him)

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font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i><br /> <br /> Hadhrat Umar's (May Allah be well pleased with him) command for offering 20 Raka&rsquo;at of Taraweeh</i></b></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">Hadhrat &lsquo;Umar ordered the Imams who led the Salaat to lead the people in 20 Raka&rsquo;at of Taraweeh.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>There is a Hadith in Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaiba:</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">Translation: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Yahya bin Sa&lsquo;eed that Hadhrat Umar (May Allah be well pleased with him) commanded a person to offer 20 Raka&rsquo;at of Taraweeh.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>(Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaiba, Vol 2, Pg No: 285, Chapter No: 227, Hadith No: 3; Tuhfatul Ahwazi, Bab Ma Ja'a FI Shahri Ramadhan)</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">Imam Abdur Razzaq, who is the teacher of Imam Bukhari's teachers, narrates a Hadith on the authority of Hadhrat Saib Bin Yazid in his Musannaf:</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">Translation: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Saib bin Yazid (May Allah be well pleased with him), he says: In the era of &lsquo;Umar, we would return from the night&rsquo;s prayers when the time for Fajr would be near and in his era, the Salaat of the night would be 23 Raka&rsquo;at (i.e. 20 Raka&rsquo;at of Taraweeh and 3 of Witr)</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ER" dir="RTL">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">Apart from 20 Raka&rsquo;at of Taraweeh, this Hadith establishes that long Raka&rsquo;at and intense recitation of the Holy Quran was the habit of the Sahabah.</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><b><i>The Hadith of Hadhrat Saib Bin Yazid (May Allah be well pleased with him) and the opinions of the Muhadditheen (Hadith experts)</i></b></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">Imam Nawawi (May Allah be well pleased with him) has mentioned this Hadith as rigorously-authenticated (Sahih) in his book &quot;Khulasatul Ahkam&quot;:</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">Translation: Imam Baihaqui has narrated this Hadith using a rigorously-authenticated (Sahih) chain of narration.</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ER" dir="RTL">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">(Khulasatul Ahkaam, Kitab Us Salaat, Hadith No: 1961)</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ER" dir="RTL">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">This opinion of Imam Nawawi (May Allah shower His mercy on him) has been related by Imam Zail&lsquo;ai (May Allah shower His mercy on him) in &ldquo;Nasab Ur Raya Fi Takhreejil Ahadithil Hidayah,&rdquo;<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Allama Ibn Hamam in Fath Ul Qadeer, Allama Badruddin &lsquo;Aini (May Allah shower His mercy on him) in &lsquo;Umdatul Qari, Imam Suyuti in AL Havi Lil Fatawa, Mulla &lsquo;Ali Qari (May Allah shower His mercy on him) in Mirqaatul Mafateeh Sharh Mishkaatul Masabeeh.</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">There is a Hadith in Imam Baihaqui&rsquo;s Sunan e Sughra and Ma&rsquo;arifatus Sunan:</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">Translation: Hadhrat Saib bin Yazid (May Allah be well pleased with him) says: In the era of Hadhrat Umar (May Allah be well pleased with him), we used to offer 20 Raka&rsquo;at of Taraweeh and 3 Raka&rsquo;at of Witr.</span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">&lsquo;Allama Kamaaluddeen Muhammad, more famously known as Ibn Hamam (May Allah shower His mercy on him), the author of Fath Ul Qadeer writes after relating this Hadith:</span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed" dir="LTR" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-bidi-language:HI">Translation: Imam Nawawi (May Allah shower His mercy on him) has written in Khulasatul Ahkaam that the chain of narration of this Hadith is rigorously authenticated (Sahih).</span><span dir="LTR">&nbsp;</span></p>