Is the command to give charity mentioned in the hadith of the eclipse obligatory?
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The questioner : In the mosque before the 'Isha' prayer, you spoke about the eclipse prayer and said that it is obligatory, citing the hadith Sunan Ibn Majah 1261Sahih (Darussalam) to the end of it . So, does this hadith indicate that giving charity is obligatory?
The Shaykh : Everything mentioned in it is obligatory:.
The questioner : Is it all obligatory?
The Shaykh : What is the problem? All of it is obligatory. And I say, and praise be to Allah, that we increase in drawing near to Allah through the obligatory acts.
The sun and the moon do not become eclipsed for the death of anyone
الشّمس و القمر لا ينكسفان لموت أحدSo when you see them, pray and give charity.
فإذا رأيتموها فصلّوا وتصدّقواThe Shaykh : Everything mentioned in it is obligatory:
Pray and give charity and supplicate.
صلّوا وتصدّقوا وادعواThe questioner : Is it all obligatory?
The Shaykh : What is the problem? All of it is obligatory. And I say, and praise be to Allah, that we increase in drawing near to Allah through the obligatory acts.
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