If the eclipse occurs after the time for prayer has entered, which one should be started first?
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The questioner : He says: If the eclipse occurs after the time for prayer has entered, which one should be started first?
The Shaykh : Yes, start with the obligatory prayer. For example, if the eclipse happens after the adhan, we say: Pray the obligatory prayer first, then the eclipse prayer. Why?
First: because the obligatory prayer is more important; the obligatory prayer is obligatory.
Second: because the obligatory prayer is more beloved to Allah, as He Blessed and Exalted is He said in the Holy Hadith:Sahih al-Bukhari 6502.
Third: because it is easier for people. When a person prays the obligatory prayer, he may have work to do, or he may need to urinate or defecate or something similar, so he goes.
Fourth: if he prays the obligatory prayer, and if he started with the eclipse prayer and a person entered after the imam had said the takbir, what would this latecomer intend? He would intend that it is what? The obligatory prayer, and it is the eclipse prayer. So we say: Start with what comes to the minds of those entering, which is the obligatory prayer. The summary now: What do we prioritize? The obligatory prayer over the eclipse prayer. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, start with the obligatory prayer. For example, if the eclipse happens after the adhan, we say: Pray the obligatory prayer first, then the eclipse prayer. Why?
First: because the obligatory prayer is more important; the obligatory prayer is obligatory.
Second: because the obligatory prayer is more beloved to Allah, as He Blessed and Exalted is He said in the Holy Hadith:
And the most beloved things with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I have enjoined upon him
ما تقرب إلي عبدي بشيء أحب إلي مما افترضته عليهThird: because it is easier for people. When a person prays the obligatory prayer, he may have work to do, or he may need to urinate or defecate or something similar, so he goes.
Fourth: if he prays the obligatory prayer, and if he started with the eclipse prayer and a person entered after the imam had said the takbir, what would this latecomer intend? He would intend that it is what? The obligatory prayer, and it is the eclipse prayer. So we say: Start with what comes to the minds of those entering, which is the obligatory prayer. The summary now: What do we prioritize? The obligatory prayer over the eclipse prayer. Yes.