This ḥadith was reported by Aḥmad, Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, and others.

It is well known that the scholars have differed over many jurisprudential questions, including the one at hand—the number of rak‘ahs in the tarāwīḥ prayer. Their disagreement on this point has produced eight distinct views:

First: (41). Second: (36). Third: (34). Fourth: (28). Fifth: (24). Sixth: (20). Seventh: (16). Eighth: (11). ⦗87⦘