Author: Sheikh Mûzaffër Ôzâk al Jerrahi
Look at the wages of those who perform these prayers! According to Áli ibn Abí Tâlib, when our Prophet Muhammad (saaw) was asked about the virtue of the Tárawíh and the reward for doing them, he said:
He who does the Tárawíh on the eve of the 1st night, becomes as spotlessly clean as when his mother bore him. No trace of sin remains. Except only where the rights of man or beast are concerned! What is due to them must absolutely be discharged.
If you do the Tárawíh on the 2nd night, Allah will forgive your parents if they died in faith.
If a person does the Tárawíh on the 3rd night, an angel proclaims from beneath the Throne: 'Your deed was pure!' That is to say, he gives the good news that it has been accepted by Allâh, and that your past sins have been pardoned.
He who does the Tárawíh on the 4th night obtains a reward like that for having read the Holy Qurân, the Gospel, the Torah, The Psalms and the enlightening books
To him who prays the Tárawíh on the 5th night is given the reward for one who prays at the Sanctuary of the Kába, the Prophetic mosque and the mosque al Aqsá.
For one who does the Tárawíh on the 6th night, the reward is that of having circumambulated the Prosperous House, and rocks and trees seek forgiveness on his behalf.
If you do the Tárawíh prayers on the 7th nights, your are rewarded as if your had aided Moses, on him be peace, in his dispute with Pharaoh and Hâmán.
The reward for doing the Tárawíh on the 8th night is that given to Abraham, the special friend of Allâh, that is being crowned with the crown of Intimate Friendship.
He who performs the Tárawíh on the 9th night becomes the beloved of Allâh. Allâh loves that servant.
He who does the Tárawíh on the 10th night is endowed with the goodly provisions of this world and the Hereafter.
He who performs the Tárawíh on the 11th night will reach his Lord on the day he dies as spotlessly clean as when his mother bore him.
He who does the Tárawíh on the 12th night will come to the Place of Resurrection a happy and fortunate person, as radiant as the moon the the fourteenth night.
He who does the Tárawíh on the 13th night will stand secure from fear an the Plain of Årasãt.
All the angels witness the prayer of one who does the Tárawíh on the 14th night. That person will escape the reckoning on the Day of Resurrection
The angels who carry the Throne and Footstool pronounce benedictions on one who performs the Tárawíh on the 15th night.
The fortunate believer who does the Tárawíh on the 16th night receives a document granting him immunity to the Fire and entitling him to enter Paradise.
One who is present at the Tárawíh on the 17th night receives the reward given to the Prophets, on them be peace.
This reward has been promised to one who performs the Tárawíh prayers on the 18th night: to him an angel will give these good tidings: Ó Abdullah! Ó beloved servant of Allâh! Allâh is satisfied with your, your mother and your father!'
To one who performs the Tárawíh on the 19th night, the highest degree of Paradise will be granted.
He who performs the Tárawíh on the 20th night will be awarded the rank of the martyrs and the righteous.
A pavilion of light will be made ready in Paradise and presented to him who performs the Tárawíh on the 21st night.
He who does the Tárawíh on the 22nd night will come to the Place of Resurrection free of sorrow and distress.
For one who does the Tárawíh on the 23rd night, a city will be built in Paradise and named after him.
One who attains the blessing of performing the Tárawíh in the 24th night will have his twenty five supplications granted.
The torment of the tomb will be waived for the believer who does the Tárawíh prayers on the 25th night. He will not undergo that torment.
The lover who does the Tárawíh on the 26th night will obtain a wage as great as that for forty years of worship.
He who does the Tárawíh on the 27th night obtains a wage like that for eighty years and more of worship. For this night is the Night of Power. He who does the Tárawíh on this night will cross the terrifying Bridge like lightning and will arrive in Paradise.
He who enlivens the 28th night by doing the Tárawíh will be awarded a thousand degrees in the highest Paradise.
He who achieves the blessing of performing the Tárawíh on the 29th night obtains the reward for having been on Pilgrimage one thousand times, each pilgrimage having been accepted.
The believer who performs the Tárawíh on the 30th night is addressed by Allâh in these words: 'My servant, enter My Paradise! Eat the fruits of My Paradise. Wash in the River Salsabil, drink from the River Kawthar. I am your Lord and you are My servant.' such is the Divine favor that servant will achieve.
Source:
Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak al Jerrahi, 'Irshad: Wisdom of a Sufi Master'
1988 Pir Publications.