Tarawih

**Tarawih** (Arabic: تَّرَاوِيح, romanized: tarāwīḥ) be special Sunnah prayers wey dey involve reading long portions of de Quran, den dey perform up to 20 rakahs (cycles of prostrations dem require insyd Islamic prayer), wich dem dey perform insyd de Islamic month of Ramadan. Dem dey recite de entire Quran insyd de Tarawih prayers at a mosque, typically at de rate of one Juz' per night.

## Overview
Tarawih prayers dey begin from de first Moon-sighted evening (start of Ramadan) to second moon-sighted evening (last day of Ramadan). Dem dey perform dis prayer for congregation insyd during Ramadan of de Islamic calendar, after Isha (den before Witr, wich dem sanso dey pray am dey follow de imam weu dey lead de prayer aloud insyd one anaa three rakats unlike how dem dey fo am insyd oda eleven months).

Dey dey pray Tarawih prayers for pairs insyd. According to de Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi' den Hanbali schools of Sunni Islam, de standard number of rakats be twenty wey dey refer am to a narration insyd Muwatta' Imam Malik wich dem say dat "Insyd de time of Umar, na de people use to offer 20 raka'āt". Buh ebe clearly mentioned insyd de Muwatta' before de said narration dat wen Umar assign duty to Ubay ibn Ka'b den Tamim al-Dari make dem lead de Tarawih, he order dem make dem offer 11 raka'āt (8 of tarawih den 3 of witr). Sunni Muslims believe ebe customary to attempt a *takmil* ("complete recitation" of de Quran) as one of de religious observances of Ramadan, by dem dey recite at least one *juz*' per night insyd tarawih.

Dem dey consider Tarawih prayers Sunnah, anaa for oda words insyd, no be obligatory. However, dem dey believe say de reward give dem be great, as  ebe de Sunnah of Muhammad, dem report am insyd chaw authentic Hadiths.

Muhammad, according to Abu Hurairah say, "Whoever stand plus de imam (insyd Taraweeh prayer) til he fini, ebe equivalent to spending de whole night for prayer insyd." Na dis hadith be used as a proof by Imam Ahmad.

## Oda
For 3 January 2000, na Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad express regret say certain people make use tarawih prayers for political gain.

For 2 April 2022, hundreds of Muslims gather insyd Times Square make dem perform de first Tarawih prayers of Ramadhan. Na dem hand out over 1,500 meals to de people, before de prayers, make dem break dema fast; dem know as iftar. Na dis event mark de first Tarawih prayers dem hold insyd Times Square publicly.

## Name variations

* Acehnese: seumayang teurawèh
* Albanian: namazi teravie
* Arabic: صلاة التراويح, romanized: ṣalāt at-tarāwīḥ
* Azerbaijani: təravih namazı
* Bengali: তারাবীহ, romanized: tarabīh
* Bosnian: teravija namaz
* Burmese: တာရာဝီနာမာ့ဇ်, romanized: tarawee namaz
* Dhivehi: ތަރާވޭސް ނަމާދު
* Hausa: sallar tarawihi
* Hindi: तरावीह, romanized: tarāvīh
* Indonesian, Malay: *salat tarawih*, *solat tarawih*
* Javanese: tarawèh
* Kazakh: тарауих намазы, romanized: tarawikh namaz'
* Kurdish: نوێژی تەڕاویح, romanized: nwéjī tarâwīḥ
* Pashto: د تراويح لمونځ, romanized: Da Taraweh Lamoonz
* Persian: نماز تراويح, romanized: namâz tarâvīḥ
* Serbo-Croatian: teravih-namaz; teravija
* Somali: Taraawiix
* Sundanese: tarawéh
* Swahili: Tarawee
* Tajik: Таровеҳ  romanized Taroveh
* Tamil : *தராவிஹ்*
* Tausug: tarawi
* Turkish: terâvih namazı
* Urdu: نماز تراويح, romanized: namāz tarāvīḥ
* Uzbek: tarovih namozi
* Yakan: tarawi

## References


## Read further

* John L. Esposito: *The Oxford Dictionary of Islam*. Oxford University Press US 2004, , p.&nbsp;276 (*[https://books.google.com/books?id=6VeCWQfVNjkC&pg=PA276 restricted online version]*, p. 276, at Google Books)

## External links

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