Proof of twenty rak‘as of tarawih

Question

How many rak‘as of tarawih did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray? Please write an authentic (sahih) hadith about praying twenty rak‘as of tarawih. Did Hazrat ‘Umar ﵁ pray twenty rak‘as of tarawih? I am not asking how many rak‘as of tarawih were prayed in the time of Hazrat ‘Umar ﵁, but rather how many rak‘as of tarawih Hazrat ‘Umar himself prayed. And how many rak‘as did Hazrat ‘Umar ﵁ order to be prayed? Please write an authentic hadith.

Answer

Twenty rak‘as of tarawih are established from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as well. Thus, in the “Musannaf” of Ibn Abi Shayba, in al-Tabarani and in al-Bayhaqi there is the narration of Ibn ‘Abbas ﵁: [ar]أَحَادِيثُ الْعِشْرِينَ رَكْعَةً: رَوَى ابْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ فِي مُصَنَّفِهِ، وَالطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي مُعْجَمِهِ، وَعَنْهُ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ، مِنْ حَدِيثِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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