Tarawih is a sunnah prayer whose law is muakad and is carried out every night during the month of Ramadan, and is prioritized to be done in congregation.
To be able to practice tarawih worship perfectly, it is necessary to know the correct tarawih prayer procedure. The following is the procedure for praying tarawih at home in a munfarid manner to be used as a reference.
Basically, the tarawih prayer is more important if it is done in the mosque in congregation. However, for those who are old, the Tarawih prayer can still be done alone or munfarid. Even if you do it yourself, the reward you get will not decrease even if you pray Tarawih at home.
There is no difference between the tarawih prayers at home in a munfarid manner and the tarawih prayers at the mosque in congregation, both in terms of reading and movement.
The difference is in the number of rak'ahs and reading intentions, namely the intention to perform the tarawih prayer alone or the intention when in congregation. Meanwhile, the number of tarawih prayers can be 8 rak'ahs with 2 greetings, or 20 rak'ahs with 10 greetings.
How to Pray Tarawih Munfarid
The following is the complete procedure for performing the tarawih prayer, especially for you if you do it alone or as a munfarid.
1. Read the intention to pray for yourself
اُصَلِّى التَّرَاوِيْحِ لَ الْقِبْلَةِ اءً لِلهِ الَى
Ushalli sunnatat tarawihi rak'ataini mustaqbilal qiblati adaa an lillahi ta'ala.
Meaning: I intend to pray tarawih two rak'ahs facing the Qibla for Allah ta'ala.
2. Reading intentions when takbiratul ihram
3. Say takbir while takbiratul ihram
4. Read Surah Al-Fatihah, then continue with the Surah of the Qur'an
5. Bow
6. ktidal
7. First prostration
8. Sit between the two prostrations
9. Second prostration
10. Sit down and rest before moving on to the second rak'ah
11. Get up from sitting to do the second rak'ah in the same order
12. Greetings on the second rak'ah
13. At the end, it is closed with istigfar and a kamilin prayer after the tarawih prayer
As additional information, in every greeting during the tarawih prayer, you should say the following prayer:
اَللّٰهُمَّ الْعَفْوَ اعْفُ ا اكَرِيْم
Allahumma innaka afuwwun kariim tukhibbul afwa fa'fuanni.
Meaning: O Allah, indeed You are Most Forgiving, who loves apologies, forgive me, the Most High.