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Fatwa #18276 January 2001Pakistan

Can taraweeh be prayed in sets of four instead of 2?

Answer

Taraweeh salaah must be performed in units of two, two rakats and not four, four rakats.

And Allah Ta'ala knows best

Mufti E. Desai

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