The Imam’s Variation Between the Narrations of the Eclipse Prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that there are narrations regarding the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) prayer for the eclipse. Is it permissible for the mosque imam to pray sometimes according to one narration and other times according to another?
Answer:
This is not permissible. It causes confusion among the people. He should follow the practice that is established, and the recitation that is most likely to be correct is the one the people are praying today. This is the most probable of the descriptions, and it does not cause confusion among the people.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: You mentioned (may Allah preserve you) that there are narrations regarding the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) prayer for the eclipse. Is it permissible for the mosque imam to pray sometimes according to one narration and other times according to another?
Answer:
This is not permissible. It causes confusion among the people. He should follow the practice that is established, and the recitation that is most likely to be correct is the one the people are praying today. This is the most probable of the descriptions, and it does not cause confusion among the people.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب بيان العورة وحدها — islamhouse.com (24:45)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.