Is Taraweeh Prayer fardh?

Question

Is it an obligatory prayer, or a Sunnah?

Answer 1

yes in Sunni religion

Taraweeh is an innovation according to Islam  

Answer 2

It's Sunnah..

Answer 3

Dont believe so

Answer 4

its nafal u can pray or not upto u.

Answer 5

its not compulsory

Souce :

Islam

Answer 6

sunnah mukidah... you cannot miss it if there is no valid reason

Answer 7

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sorry this doesnt directly answer your question but i saw another raging shia claiming that it's bidaa, so this is my answer-

BIDAA [INNOVATION]:My question concerns the TARAWEEH PRAYER during Ramadan.I was reading the FATWA about this topic but I was not clearly convinced about It due to the following reasons,

1.The Prophet[saw]did not pray this prayer in congregation because he feared it would be made obligatory,and during his period this prayer was not observed in Jamaa,after the death of the holy Prophet[saw]during the caliphate of UMAR[RA]it was performed in Jamaa by the direction of UMAR[RA]      

QUE:Which is the right way to follow,The Prophet's way or Umar's way?

QUE:What did the Holy Prophet teach concerning BIDAA?And did he teach about Good bidaa and BAD bidaa?

QUE:There are some of my brothers and sisters in my home area who also perform the late Night prayer[TAHAJJUD]in congregation during RAMADAN.What guidance can you give me on this subject according to the teachings of the Holy Prophet[saw]?



Fatwa

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.

It is proved in the Sunnah that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) used to leave off some optional good deeds for fear they would become obligatory on Muslims. In al-Bukhari and Muslim, Aisha (RAA) said that: 'Allah's Messenger (SAW) used to leave off doing some good deed, although he liked to do it, fearing that people if performed such an act (during his lifetime), it would become obligatory on Muslims. He (the Prophet) never performed al-Duha prayers (according to her knowledge) but I did.'

So, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) gave up performing al-Taraweeh at the Mosque after performing it there for some nights. It is reported in al-Bukhari and Muslim from Aisha (RAA) that Allah's Messenger (SAW) performed al-Taraweeh one night and many people followed him. Then, he performed it another night and the people came in larger numbers, then people gathered the third or fourth night (for Taraweeh) but the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) did not come out to them. And in the morning he said: "I saw what you did (your gathering for prayer) and nothing prevented me from coming out except my fear that performing al-Taraweeh becomes obligatory on you and this was in the month of Ramadan."

Thus, it becomes clear that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) did not continue performing al-Taraweeh at the mosque for a cause that he specified: "the fear that it becomes obligatory".

After the death of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) and the end of revelation no other act of worship could then become obligatory. Umar (RAA) performed al-Taraweeh at the Mosque as the Prophet did, and this constituted a form of his good commitment to Islam and his good understanding.

So, nobody can ask which Sunnah we are to follow, the Prophet's Sunnah or Umar's. Umar did not do any form of worship that had any contradiction to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam). He ranked high in Islamic history and adherence to the Sunnah. Nobody can deny such a matter. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) gave witness many times that Umar is to be in Paradise. Many times his opinion coincided with the revelation. He was a defender of the Sunnah and fighter against innovation. .

Also, the companions sanctioned Umar's deed, and such a deed became the Sunnah of Uthman and Ali (RAA). Here, it is useful to state Abu Bakr (RAA) did not do such a deed, according to al-Baji , due to : (1) Abu Bakr was busy fighting the apostates and the period of his rule was very short, and (2) he thought it was better to let people perform the night prayers in the third part of the night rather than performing al-Taraweeh in the first part of the night.

As for number of Rak'ahs of al-Taraweeh, according to Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, it is not proved that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) only performed a fixed number. Then, it is mistaken to believe that one has to stick to a certain number in the night prayer of Ramadan (al-Taraweeh and so on), i.e. one can increase or decrease the number of Rak'ah.

According to al-Suyouti , it is proved in the Sunnah that one is advised to pray al-Taraweeh (Qiyama al-layl - Night prayer) without fixing a number, and this was the practice of the Prophet, i.e. it is not proved that the Prophet performed 20 Rak'ahs, but he prayed it for some nights and the number of Rak'ah was not mentioned.

As for the practice of the Prophet's companions, it is proved that they used to perform 20 Rak'ahs, and this is the opinion of al-Shafi'yah, al-Hanafiyah, al-Hanbaliyah and a dominant opinion among al-Malikiya, i.e. the opinion of the majority of scholars. al-Dassoqi added: 'It was the practic

Answer 8

it's a sunnah.

Answer 9

sunnah