Is the adhan prescribed for the prayer of the solar and lunar eclipses?
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The Shaykh: And it is like the prayer of the two festivals, or rather more important than it, because the people are either in their heedlessness and immersion in their work and worldly affairs, or ... .
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah. Likewise, the adhan is prescribed for some prayers that are legislated for an occasion when the people are in a state of heedlessness and unawareness. They are either engaged in their buying, selling, and trading, or they are sunk in sleep. I mean by this the prayer of the solar and lunar eclipses. When the sun is eclipsed during the day, few people notice this eclipse. When the moon is eclipsed at night, as is the wording of the Noble Qur'an, most people are sleeping. If religion were based on opinion and intellect, this would be a time to legislate what the unrestricted public interest requires to wake the people from their sleep for the prayer of the lunar eclipse, and to alert the people from their heedlessness during the day so that they head to the mosque and pray the prayer of the solar or lunar eclipse.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah. Likewise, the adhan is prescribed for some prayers that are legislated for an occasion when the people are in a state of heedlessness and unawareness. They are either engaged in their buying, selling, and trading, or they are sunk in sleep. I mean by this the prayer of the solar and lunar eclipses. When the sun is eclipsed during the day, few people notice this eclipse. When the moon is eclipsed at night, as is the wording of the Noble Qur'an, most people are sleeping. If religion were based on opinion and intellect, this would be a time to legislate what the unrestricted public interest requires to wake the people from their sleep for the prayer of the lunar eclipse, and to alert the people from their heedlessness during the day so that they head to the mosque and pray the prayer of the solar or lunar eclipse.
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