The ruling on transmitting news of an eclipse before it occurs and calling for repentance
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible for us to transmit news of the eclipse that is happening during this week, and to call people to repentance and seeking forgiveness?
Answer:
No, do not say anything until the eclipse occurs. If it occurs, you call people to seeking forgiveness, to repentance, and to pray and supplicate. When you see that, when you see it, pray and supplicate until it clears from you. As for before it occurs, perhaps the calculation, the news, and the reckoning are wrong. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible for us to transmit news of the eclipse that is happening during this week, and to call people to repentance and seeking forgiveness?
Answer:
No, do not say anything until the eclipse occurs. If it occurs, you call people to seeking forgiveness, to repentance, and to pray and supplicate. When you see that, when you see it, pray and supplicate until it clears from you. As for before it occurs, perhaps the calculation, the news, and the reckoning are wrong. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/2602] حكم تناقل خبر الكسوف قبل وقوعه والدعوة للتوبة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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