Innovative congregational Salat offered in Ramadan after the Isha prayer
وَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: صَوْمُ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَرِيضَةٌ وَ الْقِيَامُ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فِي لَيْلَتِهِ بِدْعَةٌ وَ مَا صَلَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي لَيَالِيهِ بِجَمَاعَةٍ وَ لَوْ كَانَ خَيْراً مَا تَرَكَهُ
And from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Fasting (in the) month of Ramazan is an obligation, and the standing in congregation during its nights (for Salat) is an innovation, and Rasool-Allah-saww had not prayed it (Tarawih) during its nights with a congregation, and had it been good, he-saww would not have neglected it!
وَ قَدْ صَلَّى فِي بَعْضِ لَيَالِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَحْدَهُ فَقَامَ قَوْمٌ خَلْفَهُ فَلَمَّا أَحَسَّ بِهِمْ دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ صَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ
And Rasool-Allah-saww had prayed some nights of a month of Ramazan alone, so a group stood behind him-saww (to pray). When he-saww sensed them, he-saww entered his-saww house, doing that for three nights. When it was morning after three, he-saww ascended the pulpit. He-saww Praise Allah-azwj and Lauded upon Him-azwj.
ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ لَا تُصَلُّوا النَّافِلَةَ لَيْلًا فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَ لَا فِي غَيْرِهِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فَإِنَّهَا بِدْعَةٌ وَ لَا تُصَلُّوا ضُحًى فَإِنَّهَا بِدْعَةٌ وَ كُلُّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ وَ كُلُّ ضَلَالَةٍ سَبِيلُهَا إِلَى النَّارِ
Then he-saww said: ‘O you people! Neither pray optional Salat of a night during a month of Ramazan nor in other (months) in congregation, for it is an innovation, neither pray it during the morning (Tarawih) for it is an innovation, and every innovation is a straying, and every straying, its way is to the Hellfire!’
ثُمَّ نَزَلَ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ قَلِيلٌ فِي سُنَّةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ كَثِيرٍ فِي بِدْعَةٍ
Then he-saww descended and he-saww saying: ‘Little in a Sunnah is better than more in innovation!’
وَ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ نَافِلَةً فِي جَمَاعَةٍ فِي لَيَالِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ لَا فِي أَيَّامِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ لَا فِي صَدْرٍ مِنْ أَيَّامِ عُمَرَ حَتَّى أَحْدَثَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرُ فَاتَّبَعَهُ النَّاسُ
And the optional Salat in congregation during nights of a month of Ramazan did not happen in the era of Rasool-Allah-saww nor during days of Abu Bakr, nor in most of the days of Umar until Umar innovated that, so the people followed’.[1]
NB: https://hubeali.com/tarawih-is-from-the-innovations/.
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 94 – The Book of Fasts – Ch 70 H 23