Question:
Asalamu alaikum
Do we have to read Taraweeh prayer?
I pray 5 times a day but anything more than that i really struggle ?
Answer:
wa alaikum Salam
Taraweeh is a non-fard prayer so cannot be considered a ‘must’. Taraweeh prayer is a confirmed Sunnah which the Prophet (s) did regularly and encouraged the Muslims to do where he (s) said: “Whoever prays qiyam in Ramadaan out of faith and in the hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.” (Bukhari and Muslim)
Praying Taraweeh in jama`at is the Sunnah of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs of Islam Sayyidina `Umar (r), Sayyidina `Uthman (r) and Sayyidina `Ali (r).
For further information see the sunnah.org post “Taraweeh: 20 or 8?”
Taher Siddiqui
