Tarawih proven from Shia

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Al-Kafi (Furu’) by Al-Kulayni

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– علي بن إبراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد، عن يونس، عن أبي العباس البقباق; وعبيد بن زرارة، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال كان رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) يزيد في صلاته في شهر رمضان إذا صلى العتمة صلى بعدها فيقوم الناس خلفه فيدخل ويدعهم ثم يخرج (١٥٤) أيضا فيجيئون ويقومون خلفه فيدعهم ويدخل مرارا، قال: وقال: لا تصل بعد العتمة في  –  غير شهر رمضان – الكافي للكليني الجزء الرابع ص154 – 155 

ALI IBN IBRAHIM HAS NARRATED FROM MUHAMMAD IBN ‘ISA IBN ‘UBAYD FROM YUNUS FROM ABU AL-‘ABBAS AL-BAQBAQ AND ‘UBAYD IBN ZURARAH WHO HAS SAID THE FOLLOWING:

‘Abu ‘Abdallah, peace be upon him, has said that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and his progeny, would increase his prayer during the month of Ramadan. After Al-‘Atmah (late evening prayer, he would perform more prayers. People behind would stand up (for prayer), but he would go inside and leave them. Then, after he came out, they would come and stand up behind him (for prayer), but he would leave them and go inside several times’. He (the narrator) has said that the Imam then said: ‘You must not perform prayer after late evening prayer during the times other than the month of Ramadan’. [ِAl-Kafi by Al-Kulayni, vol. 4, p. 154-155, declared SAHIH by Majlisi in his Mir’ah Al-‘Uqul 16/378a]

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Tahdhib Al-Ahkam (by Al-Tusi)

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علي بن الحسن بن فضال عن اسماعيل بن مهران عن الحسن بن الحسن المروزي عن يونس بن عبدالرحمن عن محمد بن يحيى قال: كنت عند ابي عبدالله عليه السلام فسئل هل يزاد في شهر رمضان في صلاة النوافل؟ فقال: نعم قد كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يصلي بعد العتمة في مصلاه فيكثر، وكان الناس يجتمعون خلفه ليصلوا بصلاته فاذا كثروا خلفه تركهم ودخل منزله، فاذا تفرق الناس عاد إلى مصلاه فصلى كما كان يصلي، فاذا كثر الناس خلفه تركهم ودخل منزله وكان يصنع ذلك مرارا. تهذيب الاحكام ج3 – 

‘Ali ibn Al-Hassan ibn Fadl has narrated from Isma’il ibn Mehran from Al-Hassan ibn Al-Hassan Al-Marwazi from Younus ibn Abdel-Rahman from Muhammad ibn Yahya who has said the following:

‘I was with Abu ‘Abdullah, peace be upon him, when he was asked if one should increase his optional prayer during the month of Ramadan. He said: “Yes, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and his progeny, would increase his prayer during the month of Ramadan, after Al-‘Atmah (late evening prayer), he would perform more prayers in his mosque. People would gather behind him for prayer, but when their numbers increased, he would go inside his house and leave them. When the people dispersed, he came back to the mosque and prayed as he did before, and when the number of people increased behind him, he left them and entered his house again, he did this several times‘. [Tahdhib Al-Ahkam by Al-Tusi, vol.3]

The above Shia narrations clearly prove – just like in Sunni books – that that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would come to the mosque and when the crowd would increase, he would go to his home, and AGAIN come back to mosque when the crowed had decreased, and unlike Sunni hadiths, these narrations do NOT limit this practice of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to 3-4 days i.e. we have Shia narrations asserting that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) consistently and repeatedly performed his Ramadan night prayer (Qiyam) in the mosque, with a congregation behind him. The narration (in Tahdhib) uses the term ‘miraaran‘, i.e. again and again, to indicate that he didn’t just lead congregational night prayers in Ramadan (i.e. Tarawih) once or twice, but rather many times, time and again …