The ruling on the eclipse prayer before the eclipse begins
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this brother Rashed says: I saw some of the imams of the mosques during the lunar or solar eclipse, Shaykh, praying about half an hour before the event begins. Is this permissible? And is the prayer valid?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The time for the solar eclipse prayer begins with the sighting of the eclipse. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan an-Nasa'i 1502Sahih (Darussalam) What is the matter with you? So the time for the solar eclipse prayer is from the beginning of the eclipse to its end. Therefore, those who pray before the eclipse begins have prayed outside the time of the prayer, so it is an invalid prayer.
Honorable Shaykh, this brother Rashed says: I saw some of the imams of the mosques during the lunar or solar eclipse, Shaykh, praying about half an hour before the event begins. Is this permissible? And is the prayer valid?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The time for the solar eclipse prayer begins with the sighting of the eclipse. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
So when you see that from them, meaning the sun and the moon
فإذا رأيت منهما ذلك أي الشمس والقمرthen pray and supplicate until it removed
فصلوا وادعوا حتى ينكشف
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6833- حكم صلاة الكسوف قبل بدء الكسوف - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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