Category: Voluntary Night Prayer (Qiyaam)
Witr prayer - صَلاةُ الوِتْرِ
A prayer performed between ‘Ishā’ prayer and the break of dawn to conclude the night prayer.
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Voluntary night prayer - قِيامُ اللَّيْلِ
Tījāniyyah
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Late supererogatory night prayer - تهجد
"Tahajjud": getting up from sleep. It is originally derived from "hujūd", which means sleep in the night.
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Voluntary night prayer in Ramadan - تراويح
"Tarāweih" (sing. tarwīhah): rest, taking rest, a prayer which contains rest. It is derived from "rawh", which means expansion and wideness. This prayer is called "Tarāweih" because the people rest after every four rak‘ahs.
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Shaf‘ prayer (a type of night prayer) - شَفْعٌ
"Shaf‘": even number. It is any number that can be equally divided by two, like two and ten. Opposite: "witr" (single, odd). Original meaning: joining two things. Other meanings: increase, association.
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Night worship - إحْياءُ اللَّيْلِ
Filling the night, or most of it, with acts of worship such as the prayer, remembrance of Allah, reciting the Qur’an, and so on.
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Night - لَيْلٌ
The time between sunset and the break of the true dawn.
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Delaying voluntary prayer - تَعْقِيبٌ
Performing the voluntary prayer after the "Tarāweeh" (voluntary prayer performed after the ‘Ishā’ in Ramadan).
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