Adapted from:
al-Qawl al-Mubeen (p.253)
of As-Shaykh Mashoor Hasan Aal Salmaan
[may Allah preserve him]
AlhamduliLlahiwa bi-Hi nasta'een, to proceed.
Ash Shaykh Mashoor Hasan Aal Salmaan writes in Al Qawl Al Mubeen:
It is necessary to notify (people) about the recitation of the woodpeckers in Ramadân night prayers; those that barely read a verse or two in a raka’ah yet claim that they are implementing the saying of the Prophet – sallaLlaahu ‘alayhiwasallam – ‘Whosoever leads the people should be brief’ (Al Imaam Muslim collected it in As Saheeh 4/175). They are unaware that the Pious Predecessors were well versed and comprehended the meaning of the narration than them; it is upon you to learn about the manner of their prayer, and the meaning of “brief” with them.
(Al Imaam) Maalik narrated from Muhammad bn Yoosuf bn As Saa’ib bn Yazeed: ‘Umar bn Al Khattaab ordered Ubayy bn Ka’ab and Tameem Ad-Daaree to lead the people with eleven raka’ah (of taraawih), he said: The reciter (Imaam) used to read two hundred verses, till we rested on a staff because of the long standing, and we didn’t used to stop except at the verge of dawn (Al Muwata’a 1/115/4).
He (also) narrated from Daawud bn Husayn, that he heard from Al ‘Araj saying: 'I didn’t meet the people (the companions) except they cursed disbelief in Ramadân. He said; The reciter (Imaam) used to read Soorah Al Baqarah in eight rak’ah, when he stopped on the twelfth rak’ah, people would viewed him that he had indeed briefed.' (Muwata’a 1/115/6).
