Taraweeh

Q: I just wanted to ask do we have to read 20 rakaats taraweeh? As some people say you can read 8 rakaats.

Q: A father does not take his son for Taraweeh Salaah despite the son requesting for it. The father lacks a valid excuse. The son is of baligh age. It would anger the father if the son makes arrangements with someone else in order to take him - even if it is the mother to take him.

1. Will the son be sinful in not performing Taraweeh Salaah in light of the above?
2. Will the son receive any thawaab despite?

Q: Is it true that women do not have to perform taraaweeh salaah during the month of Ramadhaan?

Q: Can a person who does not read his 5 daily salah perform taraweeh salah? This person performs his jumuah salaah.

Q: Can a person who only reads jumuah salaah all year round (no daily salaah besides in Ramadaan where he reads his daily salah and taraweeh):

1. Consider himself a muslim?
2. Perform the taraweeh salah?

Q: When it's khatam of the Quran in Ramadan taraaweeh, I understand that we end with alif laam meem in the last rakat. My question is that does it have to be till muflihoon or can it be till the end of the ruku?

Q: My question is about the speed of the recitation of the Qur'an during tarawih.

The accent is put on reciting the required amount of verses per night, but it seems nobody cares about  tajweed. In fact for some Asian people, the quickest you recite, the more great you are. That makes asians qurra' and 'ulama look terrible in front of arab scholars, who might not recite the whole qur'an but their recitations are alright.

With Ramadhan coming in summer season and with short nights, these recitations will become the norm. And finally there exists this trend of reciting the Qur'an in one night, where tajwid rules are literally butchered, some 'ulama say it is haram to do so, what do you say on this?

Q: What is the mas’alah regarding taking money for leading the Taraaweeh Salaah during the month of Ramadhaan? In the country I live in, most people performing Taraaweeh accept the money and gifts that people give them.

Q: I read a mas'alah on http://www.thejamiat.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id… below:

"It is not permissible for a Hafiz who recited Taraweeh to receive remuneration for his Taraweeh recital. His Salaat will not be accepted if he takes a fee or ‘gifts’ for his Taraweeh performance."

But In the Masjid of our village, people collect money for Imaam (he leads taraweeh), and give him at the last night when he completes recitation of Whole Quran. Is it correct to do what is being done in our village?

Q: I have a question that in the nusus of quran and sunnah what is the number of rakats (most authentic) in Taraweeh?