The Night Prayer/At-Tarawheeh means to stand in prayer at night during the month of Ramadan. It starts after the ‘isha’ prayer until the start of fajr.
“Whoever stood in the prayer in Ramadan with faith and hoping for the reward, will have his previous sins forgiven.” Bukhari and Muslim
How to Perform At-Tarawheeh
The night prayer is in pairs if two. You should perform eleven raka’aat, pronouncing the tasleem after every two, and then concluding the prayer with one rak’ah of Witr.
The sunnah for Tarawheeh prayers is eleven rak’ahs. The tasleem (as-Salamu ‘Alaykum) should be done after every two rak’ahs.
“two by two; and if any of you fears that the dawn is about to break, then he should pray one rak’ah, which will be witr for what he has already prayed.” Bukhari and Muslim
It is Recommended to Prolong the Tarawheeh Prayers
Praying slowly and prolonging the prayers is better and more complete, as long as it does not cause any hardship. Praying extremely quickly will cause the prayer to be invalid because it could cause abandonment of obligatory acts and pillars of prayer.
Can Women Attend the Tarawheeh Prayers?
Women can attend the Tarawheeh prayers; however, they must dress modestly and not beautify themselves with perfume or makeup, or anything that will cause fitna.
Sunnah: The Night Prayer/At-Tarawheeh
It is the sunnah to perform the taraeheeh prayer in the nights of Ramadan. He who performs the Tarawheeh prayer with the imam until the end, it would be considered as though he had spend the whole night praying.
