3] Dividing Qiyaam al-layl into two parts during the last ten days of Ramadan

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I hope that you could tell me about the opinions of the scholars with
regard tothe ruling on dividing Taraweeh prayers in the last ten days
of Ramadan into two parts: at the beginning of the night andat the
end, as is done in many mosques. Please also mention the evidence if
possible.
Praise be to Allaah.
What is mustahabb duringthe nights of Ramadan is to spend them in
qiyaam, prayer and worship, and tosingle out the last ten nights for
extra worship and striving, seeking forgiveness and mercy andseeking
Laylat al-Qadr which is better than a thousand months.
Moreover, Taraaweeh prayer is regarded as a kind of Qiyaam al-layl and
they call it Taraweeh because people take brief breaks between
rak'ahs. Hence the matter is broad in scope, and it is permissible for
a person topray whatever he wants ofrak'ahs, at whatever time of the
night he wants.
It says in al-Mawsoo'ah al-Fiqhiyyah (34/123):
There is no difference of opinion among the fuqaha' with regard to it
being Sunnah to pray during the nights of Ramadan (Qiyaam al-layl),
because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
"Whoever spends the nights of Ramadan in prayer, out of faith and
seeking the reward of Allah, his previous sins willbe forgiven."
The fuqaha' said: Taraweeh is the qiyaam (Qiyaam al-layl) of Ramadan.
Hence it is best to spend most of the nightin it, because it is Qiyaam
al-layl. End quote.
What many imams do nowadays -- especially in the last ten days of
Ramadan -- leading the people in Taraweeh prayerimmediately after
'Isha', then going back to the mosque in the last part of the night to
pray qiyaam, is something that is prescribed and it is not forbidden.
There is no reason to suggest it is not allowed. What is required is
to strive hard in the last ten days according to one's ability. If a
person breaks up his night between prayer, resting, sleeping, and
reading Qur'aan, then he has done well.
Shaykh 'Abd-Allaah Abaabateen said, as is narrated in al-Durar
al-Saniyyah (4/364):
In response to what some people do of objecting to the one who prays
more during the last ten days of Ramadan than he usually did in the
first twenty days, on the grounds that this is more than is usual and
is ignorance of the Sunnah and the practice ofthe Sahaabah, Taabi'een
and imams of Islam,
We say: There are hadeeths from the Prophet(blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) which encourage praying Qiyaamal-layl during
Ramadan, and particularly emphasiseit during the last ten days.
Once it becomes clear that there is no specific numberof rak'ahs for
Taraweeh, and that the time for it according to all scholars is from
after the Sunnah of 'Isha' until the break of dawn, and that spending
the night in worship is a confirmed Sunnah, and that the Prophet
(blessingsand peace of Allaah be upon him) prayed taraweeh for many
nights in congregation, then how can anyone object to the one who
prays more during the last ten nights than he did at the beginning of
the month? So during the last ten days,he prays at the beginning of
the night, as he did at the beginning of the month, or a little, or a
lot, without praying Witr, for the sake of those who are weak and want
to limit themselves to that; then after that he does more prayers in
congregation and calls all of it qiyaam ortaraweeh.
Perhaps the one who objects to that is confused by what many of the
fuqaha' say, that it is mustahabb for the imam not to pray more than
oneincludes than one khatmah (reading of the entire Qur'aan), unless
the people behind him prefer to do more than that. The reason they
gave for not doing more than one khatmah is the hardship that may be
caused for thepeople behind him, not because doing more than that is
not prescribed in sharee'ah. So from their wording we may conclude
that if people behind him want to do more than one khatmah, that is
good, as was clearly stated in the words of the scholars.
As for what many of the common people say, calling what is done at the
beginning of the night Taraweeh and the prayers offered after that
qiyaam, this is what the uneducated people say. Rather all of it is
qiyaam and taraweeh. The qiyaamof Ramadaan is called Taraweeh because
they used to have a rest (yastareehoona) after every four rak'ahs
because they used to make the prayers lengthy. The reason why some
people object to that is that it is contrary to what is customary
among the people of their countries and most of the people nowadays;
and because of ignorance of the Sunnah and reports and of the practice
of the Sahaabah, Taabi'oon and the imams of Islam; :->