Does the Sunnah divide into a collective obligation and an individual obligation?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, esteemed Shaykh.
Does the Sunnah divide into a collective obligation and an individual obligation? We ask for an example of this.
The Shaykh : Initiating the greeting is a collective obligation. So if we were a group and passed by a person, and one of us greeted him, that would suffice. It is a collective obligation. The individual obligations are the majority of the recommended practices. Examples of individual obligations include the three repetitions in the ablution, the full ritual bath performed in the prescribed manner, and the additional glorification of Allah in the prayer. All of these are individual obligations.
Does the Sunnah divide into a collective obligation and an individual obligation? We ask for an example of this.
The Shaykh : Initiating the greeting is a collective obligation. So if we were a group and passed by a person, and one of us greeted him, that would suffice. It is a collective obligation. The individual obligations are the majority of the recommended practices. Examples of individual obligations include the three repetitions in the ablution, the full ritual bath performed in the prescribed manner, and the additional glorification of Allah in the prayer. All of these are individual obligations.