"...The believers have the right to choose either 8 or 20..."
By less effort (praying 8 instead of 20) you are adhering to sunnah proven from prophet muhammad saws and also from the sahabas radhiallahu anhu. Why pray more and deviate from what is proven and established ??
Bro read my posts carefully - all the points which you have referred to in the links which you posted are answered already.
I have quoted hadith and references which proves:
1) Tarawih tahajjud are one prayer
2) Prophet muhammad saws prayed 8 rakts tarawih during ramadhan and non-ramazan as reported by hazrat aisha radhiallahu anhuma
3) Umar Ra ordered tarawih of 8 rakats
4) If we agree to sahih hadith that prophet did not pray more than 11 rakats whether in ramadhan or non-ramadhan and if for the sake of argument we believe tarawih and tahajjud is different then it means that tarawih + tahajjud = 11 rakats ...how does it prove that tarawih is 20 rakats ??
5) jaabir Ibn 'Abdullah agreed with 'Aa'ishah, he said: " When the Prophet prayed with the people one night during Ramadaan he prayed eight raka'at and then made Witr." [Ibn Hibbaan].
So the point is very clear - if you want to adhere to sunnah of the prophet SAWS then pray 8...
"...The believers have the right to choose either 8 or 20..."
By less effort (praying 8 instead of 20) you are adhering to sunnah proven from prophet muhammad saws and also from the sahabas radhiallahu anhu. Why pray more and deviate from what is proven and established ??
Bro read my posts carefully - all the points which you have referred to in the links which you posted are answered already.
I have quoted hadith and references which proves:
1) Tarawih tahajjud are one prayer
2) Prophet muhammad saws prayed 8 rakts tarawih during ramadhan and non-ramazan as reported by hazrat aisha radhiallahu anhuma
3) Umar Ra ordered tarawih of 8 rakats
4) If we agree to sahih hadith that prophet did not pray more than 11 rakats whether in ramadhan or non-ramadhan and if for the sake of argument we believe tarawih and tahajjud is different then it means that tarawih + tahajjud = 11 rakats ...how does it prove that tarawih is 20 rakats ??
5) jaabir Ibn 'Abdullah agreed with 'Aa'ishah, he said: " When the Prophet prayed with the people one night during Ramadaan he prayed eight raka'at and then made Witr." [Ibn Hibbaan].
So the point is very clear - if you want to adhere to sunnah of the prophet SAWS then pray 8...