Explanation of the Book of Friday Prayer and the Two Festivals-10b
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The reciter: Isma'il narrated to us, Yahya ibn Salih informed us, Mu'awiyah ibn Salam ibn Abi Salam al-Habashi al-Dimashqi narrated to us, Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated to us, Abu Salama ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf al-Zuhri informed me, from 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: Sahih al-Bukhari 1045.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is also something specific to the eclipse prayer. When an eclipse occurs, it is announced: "The prayer is a congregation."
And regarding his statement:, there are two wordings: "that the prayer is a congregation," meaning "by the fact that the prayer is a congregation," i.e., this was announced, and I intend by this that the word "in" (that) is not to be said, but rather one says "the prayer is a congregation." They mentioned two grammatical cases for it: the accusative and the nominative. "The prayer (accusative) is a congregation (accusative)" on the assumption of: "Attend the prayer, which is a congregation," or "The prayer (nominative) is a congregation (nominative)" on the assumption that it is a subject and a predicate.
This is not announced for anything other than the eclipse. It is not announced for the festival, nor for Friday, nor for the funeral, nor for anything else. And whoever among the scholars says that it is announced for the festival, "The prayer is a congregation," his statement is very weak and rejected by the Sunnah and by analogy. As for it being rejected by the Sunnah, it is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order the announcement "The prayer is a congregation" for the festival prayer.
When the sun eclipsed in the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) an announcement was made that a prayer was to be offered in congregation.
لما كسفت الشمس على عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نودي إن الصلاة جامعةThe Shaykh : Yes, this is also something specific to the eclipse prayer. When an eclipse occurs, it is announced: "The prayer is a congregation."
And regarding his statement:
That the prayer is a congregation.
أن الصلاة جامعةThis is not announced for anything other than the eclipse. It is not announced for the festival, nor for Friday, nor for the funeral, nor for anything else. And whoever among the scholars says that it is announced for the festival, "The prayer is a congregation," his statement is very weak and rejected by the Sunnah and by analogy. As for it being rejected by the Sunnah, it is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order the announcement "The prayer is a congregation" for the festival prayer.