Some say: If the eclipse and the prayers are determined by calculation, why is Ramadan not also based on calculation?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How do we respond to what some repeat, namely that the eclipse and the prayers are determined by calculation and acted upon, so why is the fasting of Ramadan not based on calculation?
Answer:
What are you saying, my brother? They do not pray the eclipse prayer based on calculation. One does not pray until the eclipse is seen. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “When you see either of them,Sunan an-Nasa'i 1502Sahih (Darussalam) When you see them.” This means we know that calculation can be wrong. We do not base things on calculation, neither for the eclipse nor for anything else, but on sighting. Even the eclipse is based on sighting: “When you see either of them.” Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How do we respond to what some repeat, namely that the eclipse and the prayers are determined by calculation and acted upon, so why is the fasting of Ramadan not based on calculation?
Answer:
What are you saying, my brother? They do not pray the eclipse prayer based on calculation. One does not pray until the eclipse is seen. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “When you see either of them,
then pray and supplicate until it removed it from you.
فصلوا وادعوا حتى ينكشف ما بكم
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [683 -3022] يقول البعض: إذا كان الكسوف والصلوات تدرك بالحساب فلماذا لا يكون رمضان يعمل فيه بالحساب! — youtube.com
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