“O Messenger of Allah, inform me of what Allah has made obligatory upon me from the prayer?”
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Eid Abbasi : This follows the issue of the greeting of the mosque prayer, so I said in the midst of my previous speech...
The Shaykh: Yes.
Eid Abbasi : So this...
The Shaykh : ... .
Eid Abbasi : The discussion is about other hadiths that establish the prayer... and the like; they say that it conflicts—for example—with the hadith of the five prayers that Allah made obligatory upon the servants: “Is there anything else upon me?”
The Shaykh: Yes.
Eid Abbasi : Why do we not rule upon these as we did with those...?
The Shaykh : Because they are not like those.
The questioner : Do they not conflict with... which are mentioned in more than one hadith?
The Shaykh : No, those by which we argue against the claim of their obligatoriness are negated by the number limited to five, whereas the greeting of the mosque is not obligatory except for a contingent reason, and it is not a regular part of every day such that the prayers would become six. The prayers may become six or more than six for a contingent reason; for example, if a person makes a vow to offer a prayer, then the prayers become six. We do not negate this by saying that the obligatory prayers are five, because when we say the obligatory prayers are five, we mean in every day and night, as a regular obligation that it is not permissible for a person to leave, just as it is not permissible to leave any of these five prayers. When it is said that witr is obligatory, the prayers become six as a binding obligation. However, when it is said: “If a person enters the mosque, then by virtue of his entering the mosque, two rak'ahs are obligatory upon him, and he may not enter the mosque,” what is obligatory upon him is not the same as the obligation of the five that are required in every day and night. Rather, this is for a contingent reason, which is entering the mosque. Likewise, for example, our previous argument does not contradict our statement that the two 'Id prayers are obligatory; because the two 'Id prayers are not among the prayers made obligatory in every day and night like the five prayers.
So, what is refuted regarding the prescribed witr in every day and night by the evidence of the five limited prayers is not refuted regarding the greeting of the mosque, and likewise it is not refuted regarding the two 'Id prayers.
Eid Abbasi : As for his saying: “Is there anything else upon me?” Is this a general text...?
The Shaykh : It pertains to every day and night, and this does not negate “Is there anything else upon me?” from what may become obligatory later, or what I have made obligatory upon myself, or the like.
The questioner : A person may enter... and see the obligatory prayer being performed...
The Shaykh: Yes.
Eid Abbasi : It is possible to combine the greeting of the mosque with...
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh: Yes.
Eid Abbasi : So this...
The Shaykh : ... .
Eid Abbasi : The discussion is about other hadiths that establish the prayer... and the like; they say that it conflicts—for example—with the hadith of the five prayers that Allah made obligatory upon the servants: “Is there anything else upon me?”
The Shaykh: Yes.
Eid Abbasi : Why do we not rule upon these as we did with those...?
The Shaykh : Because they are not like those.
The questioner : Do they not conflict with... which are mentioned in more than one hadith?
The Shaykh : No, those by which we argue against the claim of their obligatoriness are negated by the number limited to five, whereas the greeting of the mosque is not obligatory except for a contingent reason, and it is not a regular part of every day such that the prayers would become six. The prayers may become six or more than six for a contingent reason; for example, if a person makes a vow to offer a prayer, then the prayers become six. We do not negate this by saying that the obligatory prayers are five, because when we say the obligatory prayers are five, we mean in every day and night, as a regular obligation that it is not permissible for a person to leave, just as it is not permissible to leave any of these five prayers. When it is said that witr is obligatory, the prayers become six as a binding obligation. However, when it is said: “If a person enters the mosque, then by virtue of his entering the mosque, two rak'ahs are obligatory upon him, and he may not enter the mosque,” what is obligatory upon him is not the same as the obligation of the five that are required in every day and night. Rather, this is for a contingent reason, which is entering the mosque. Likewise, for example, our previous argument does not contradict our statement that the two 'Id prayers are obligatory; because the two 'Id prayers are not among the prayers made obligatory in every day and night like the five prayers.
So, what is refuted regarding the prescribed witr in every day and night by the evidence of the five limited prayers is not refuted regarding the greeting of the mosque, and likewise it is not refuted regarding the two 'Id prayers.
Eid Abbasi : As for his saying: “Is there anything else upon me?” Is this a general text...?
The Shaykh : It pertains to every day and night, and this does not negate “Is there anything else upon me?” from what may become obligatory later, or what I have made obligatory upon myself, or the like.
The questioner : A person may enter... and see the obligatory prayer being performed...
The Shaykh: Yes.
Eid Abbasi : It is possible to combine the greeting of the mosque with...
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
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