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Title: I would like to know whether taraveeh prayer is 8 or 20 rakah? Please advice me where I can find the proof for it?

Question: I would like to know whether taraveeh prayer is 8 or 20 rakah? Please advice me where I can find the proof for it?

Answer ID: 2740Posted on: Aug 31, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 41/40=H)

Taraweeh is 20 rakat Sunnah Muakkadah. The details can be seen in ?Fatawa Rahimiah?, this book is available in Urdu and English, get it and study attentively.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,

Darul Uloom Deoband, India

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Title: I would like to know whether taraveeh prayer is 8 or 20 rakah? Please advice me where I can find the proof for it?

Question: I would like to know whether taraveeh prayer is 8 or 20 rakah? Please advice me where I can find the proof for it?

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