Proof of twenty rak‘as of tarawih: the order of ‘Umar ﵁

Question

Did Hazrat ‘Umar ﵁ order Hazrat Ubayy ibn Ka‘b and Hazrat Tamim al-Dari to pray tarawih in blessed Ramadan also as eight rak‘as — or only as two rak‘as?

Answer

[ar]وَلِلْجُمْهُورِ مَا رَوَاهُ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ بِإِسْنَادٍ صَحِيحٍ عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ: كَانُوا يَقُومُونَ عَلَى عَهْدِ عُمَرَ عِشْرِينَ رَكْعَةً، وَعَلَى عَهْدِ عُثْمَانَ وَعَلِيٍّ مِثْلَهُ. وَفِي الْمُوَطَّأِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُومَانَ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّاسُ فِي عَهْدِ عُمَرَ يَقُومُونَ فِي رَمَضَانَ بِثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ رَكْعَةً.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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