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تَراويح
Tarawih
The night prayer of Ramadan, prayed in congregation after Isha through the month.
Also written · Taraweeh · Tarawee · Taravih · Salat at-tarawih · Ramadan night prayer · Terawih · Taraweh
The meaning
What Tarawih means in Islam
The name comes from the pauses for rest taken after every four rak'ahs. The number differs by custom and school: twenty rak'ahs became the settled practice of most schools and thirty six the old practice of Madinah, while many mosques pray eight, following reports of the Prophet's own night prayer. The number is not the point of the argument it is often made into; both are within the tradition.
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- WitrAn odd-numbered night prayer, usually one or three rak'ahs, that closes the night.وِتْر
- TahajjudVoluntary prayer in the night, traditionally after sleeping and before dawn.تَهَجُّد
- SawmFasting: abstaining from food, drink and intimacy from true dawn until sunset, with intention.صَوْم
- I'tikafStaying in a mosque for a set period, devoted to worship and cut off from ordinary business.اعْتِكاف
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