Imam Malik Rahimahullah & 36 Rakaat Taraweeh 1. Imam Ibn Qudaama Rahimahullah says: Some of the people who had ILM says that people of Madina use to do this act (extra 16th Rakaat) because they wanted to be equal to the people of Makkah. In between taraweeh the people of Makkah use to perform 7 circles (of the Holy Qaba) that is why people of Madina use to perform 4 Rakaats Nafil to balance the 7 circles. (Al Mughni : Volume 2 : Page 602) 2 – Imam Nawawi Rh. says: سَبَبُهُ أَنَّ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ كَانُوا يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَ كُلِّ تَرْوِيحَتَيْنِ طَوَافًا وَيُصَلُّونَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَلَا يَطُوفُونَ بَعْدَ التَّرْوِيحَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ فَأَرَادَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ مُسَاوَاتَهُمْ فَجَعَلُوا مَكَانَ كُلِّ طَوَافٍ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فَزَادُوا سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً وَأَوْتَرُوا بِثَلَاثٍ فَصَارَ الْمَجْمُوعُ تِسْعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ Imam Malik Rahimahullah and other people of ILM use to offer 36 Rakaat because after every 2 Taraweeh, meaning 4 rakaats - they use to perform Tawaaf of Kabatullah and perform 2 Rakaat Tawaaf. After the 5th Taraweeh they use to stop performing the Tawaaf. For this reason and to be equal to people of Makkah, people in Madina use to offer 4 Rakaats Nafil and this way an additional 16 rakaats came in and then they used to perform 3 rakaats of Witr. So the total number of rakaats performed were 39. (Al Majmu : Volume 3 : Page 527) ![]() 3 – Imam Aaini Rh. says: وَالْجَوَاب عَمَّا قَالَه مَالك أَن أهل مَكَّة كَانُوا يطوفون بَين كل ترويحتين وَيصلونَ رَكْعَتي الطّواف وَلَا يطوفون بعد الترويحة الْخَامِسَة فَأَرَادَ أهل الْمَدِينَة مساواتهم فَجعلُوا مَكَان كل طواف أَربع رَكْعَات فزادوا سِتّ عشرَة رَكْعَة وَمَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ أَصْحَاب رَسُول الله – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم َ – أَحَق وَأولى أَن يتبع The answer to Imam Malik Rahimahullah (the 36 Rakaat) is that the people of Makkah use to do Tawaaf after every Taraweeh and then perform 2 Rakaat Tawaaf but in the fifth taraweeh they didn't do any Tawaaf. So the people of Madina to be equal to them offered 4 rakaat instead of the Tawaaf. This is how they added the 16 Rakaats. (Umdatul Qaari : Volume 7 : Page 178) 4 – Imam Suyuti Rh. also says the same in a different way. (Al Masaabih Fii Salatut Taraveh : Page 32-33) 5 – Imam Qastalaani Rh. says: Maalikiya (Maliki's) say that Taraweeh with Witr is 23 Rakaat, then 16 Rakaat (as Nafil Prayer) 39 Rakaat (36 Rakaat Taraweeh and 3 Witr) was practiced. Irshaad us Saari Sharah Bukhari : Volume 3 : Page 426) Imam Qastalaani Rh. explain the same and says: The people of Makkah use to perform Tawaaf after 2 Taraweeh, to be equal with them in Thawab the people of Madina added 4 Rakaat instead of Tawaaf. Hence the people of Makaah use to do Tawaaf and the people of Madina added 16 rakaats. (Irshaad us Saari Sharah Bukhari : Volume 3 : Page 426) What we learn from the above references is listed below:
1. People of Madina use to perform 20 Rakaat Taraweeh with Jamaat. 2. And an extra 16 Rakaat as NAWAAFIL 3. The reason for performing extra 16 Rakaat was gain to more Thwaab and be equal to the people of Makkah And the same was adopted by Imam Malik Rahimahullah. So we learn that even Imam Malik Rahimahullah use to follow Aimma e Salaasa (Imam Abu Hanifa Rh., Imam Muhammed Bin Idrees Ash-Shafai Rh., and Imam Ahmed Rh.) with 20 Rakaat Taraweeh. The extra 16 Rakaat is Nawaafil.
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August 2015
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