It is narrated from Abdur Rahman bin Abdul Qari that I went out with Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) to the mosque in Ramadan and saw that the people were separated and scattered. Some were praying with eight or ten men behind one person. So Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! I think it would be better if I gathered them all behind one reciter. Then he gathered them all behind Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him). Abdur Rahman says that then I came with them the next night and saw that all the people were praying behind Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him). Then Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: This is a good innovation, and the time when you sleep (i.e., the latter part of the night) is better than the time when you are praying, meaning the early part of the night. And the people used to stand in prayer in the early part of the night.

It is narrated from Sa’ib bin Yazid that Sayyiduna Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka’b and Sayyiduna Tamim Dari (may Allah be pleased with them both) to lead eleven rak’ahs in prayer. Sa’ib bin Yazid said that the imam would recite one hundred verses in each rak’ah, to the extent that we would support ourselves with sticks while standing, and we would not finish except near dawn.

It is narrated from Yazid bin Roman that during the time of Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), people used to pray twenty-three rak'ahs.

Dawud bin Husayn heard from Abdur Rahman bin Harmuz A'raj, who said: I found people cursing the disbelievers in Ramadan, and the Imam would recite Surah Al-Baqarah in eight rak'ahs. When he recited it in twelve rak'ahs, the people felt that it was a relief.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Bakr, he used to say: I heard from my father, he used to say that when we finished Tarawih in Ramadan, we would ask the servants to bring food quickly out of fear that dawn might break.

It is narrated from Urwah bin Zubair that Dhakwan, who was a slave of Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), and whom Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) freed after her death, used to stand and lead them in prayer during Ramadan.