Examining a notice about the supplications of the tarwihas

Question

In some reliable and well-known notices, under the heading “The sunna supplication of the tarwiha of tarawih, selected from authentic hadiths”, this supplication is written: [ar]سبحان الملك القدوس، سبحان ذي الملك والملكوت، سبحان ذي العزة والعظمة والقدرة والكبرياء والجبروت، سبحان الملك الحي الذي لا ينام ولا يموت، سبوح قدوس ربنا ورب الملائكة والروح، لا إله إلا أنت، أستغفرك وأسألك الجنة وأعوذ بك من النار، اللهم أجرني من النار، يا مجير يا مجير يا مجير[/ar] “Glory be to the King, the Most Holy!

Answer

After every four rak‘as of tarawih one has a choice: to sit silently, to recite the Qur’an, to recite the blessed salawat, or to recite tasbih and istighfar. It was the custom of the people of blessed Makka that after every four rak‘as they would perform one tawaf and pray two rak‘as of nafl; the people of fragrant Madina, after every four [rak‘as] of tarawih, would pray four…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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