Tahajjud Salat & Taraweeh Salat

	قيام الليل Tahajjud Qiyam al-Layl	قيام رمضان Taraweeh Qiyam Ramadhan
1	Allah ordered the Prophet ﷺ while in Makkah to spend a portion of the night in prayer.	No command of Allah in the Qur’an, but a Sunnah prayer established by the Prophet ﷺ himself.
2	Initially Fardh then Sunnah	Always a Sunnah
3	Started in Makkah	Initiated in Madinah
4	Performed individually at home	Performed collectively in the Masjid
5	Verses in the Qur’an	No verses in the Qur’an, only Hadith
6	Performed throughout the year	Specific for Ramadhan
7	Preferable to pray before dawn (Subh Sadiq)	Preferable to pray after Esha
8	Khatmul-Qur’an is not a Sunnah	Khatmul-Qur’an is a Sunnah
9	Sunnah number of rak’aats is 8, yet more or less is permissible.	20 rak’aats has been the practice of the Ummah for 1400+ years.
10	8 rak’aats of Tahajjud can be offered in 2 rak’aat salats or 4 rak’aat salats.	20 rak’aat Taraweeh can only be offered in 2 rak’aat salat.