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Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever stands (in prayer) in Ramadan out of faith and seeking reward (that is, prays the Tarawih at night), his previous sins are forgiven.” (Bukhari and Muslim)

Ramadan’s relationship to the Qur’an is just like that of the body to the soul; that is, the soul of Ramadan is the Qur’an. The month of Ramadan is for reciting and understanding the Qur’an. In this month the Qur’an is recited in a special way; in the nights, in the form of the Tarawih, the Qur’an is recited and listened to with reverence. This month is special for the purpose that in it the greatest bounty of Allah should be mentioned the most. In the month of the Qur’an’s revelation, while reciting and listening to the Qur’an, a person is reminded of that moment when a luminous link was established between the heavens and the earth; and, remembering it, the servant cries out: “O my Lord! Illuminate my breast too with Your effulgences.” This too is the basic aim of standing (in prayer) in Ramadan — that is, the Tarawih.

Through keeping to the Tarawih prayer, at the very least this much is certainly attained: that the servant hears the entire Qur’an once. Standing before Allah and listening to the speech of Allah is a very great spiritual benefit. Completing the Qur’an in this month is a Sunnah for the reason that the Qur’an was revealed in this very month.

The Tarawih prayer was appointed in the nights of Ramadan so that the utmost opposition to natural desires might be established — because the temperament, on account of the weariness, toil and hardship of fasting, seeks rest and comfort; therefore in it such an act of worship was appointed by which the clear distinction between (mere) habit and worship would be manifest. The month of Ramadan is designated for the descent of blessings and lights; therefore in the nights of this month a special act of worship was appointed too, because most of the blessings and divine lights descend in the night.

The Tarawih prayer is a confirmed Sunnah (sunnah mu’akkadah), and reciting or listening to the entire Holy Qur’an once in the Tarawih is also a confirmed Sunnah; these two acts are two separate Sunnahs. Therefore those who perform the Tarawih prayer with (short) surahs, and do not recite or listen to the whole Qur’an in the Tarawih, do fulfil the Sunnah of the Tarawih, but the Sunnah of reciting or listening to the whole Qur’an in the Tarawih remains due upon them. Likewise those who, having heard the whole Qur’an in a few nights, then give up the Tarawih — the Sunnah of the Tarawih remains due upon them. From this it is learnt that the laziness which most people begin to show in performing the Tarawih after the Qur’an has been completed is also an error of theirs; even after completing the Holy Qur’an, praying the Tarawih is a Sunnah on all the nights of Ramadan al-Mubarak until the sighting of the Eid al-Fitr moon. In one blessed hadith the beloved of Allah ﷺ gave the ummah even this glad tiding: that whoever keeps the fast of Ramadan with faith and in the conviction of (seeking) reward, and keeps vigil in the nights of Ramadan — that is, prays the Tarawih — will come out of his sins as (pure) as on the day his mother gave birth to him.

After knowing all these excellences, every Muslim should perform the Tarawih with zeal and eagerness and with full care, so that he may be honoured with the blessings of Ramadan al-Mubarak, be forgiven, and be favoured with the mercies of Allah.