Can an eclipse and a festival occur on the same day?
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The student: And among the statements of the jurists is that if an eclipse and a festival coincide
The Shaykh : No, it is absolutely impossible. If an eclipse and a festival were to coincide, we would say this is in Shawwal, during the Festival of Breaking the Fast. If an eclipse and a festival coincide, it is known that the day is not a festival and that the witnesses erred in their testimony, because the error of the observer is a possibility, but a deviation from the custom established by Allah is impossible. Even the scholars said that if an eclipse occurs while one is standing at 'Arafah, he should pray and then proceed, so that he does not miss the prayer. This is what the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: this is a hypothetical issue that never occurs. But the jurists mention things for the purpose of practicing on legal issues, just as they posited twenty grandmothers in bequests and inheritance. When does one have twenty grandmothers? Regardless of those connected through two, three, four, or five parents. Where are the twenty grandmothers? Who remains with twenty grandmothers who inherit from us in inheritance? In any case, these are mathematical issues with no problem.
The reciter: ما لَكُمْ لَا تَنْطِقُونَ 92 فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًا بِالْيَمِينِ 93 فَأَقْبَلُوا إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ 94 قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ 95 وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ 96 قَالُوا ابْنُوا لَهُ بُنْيَانًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِي الْجَحِيمِ 97 فَأَرَادُوا بِهِ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَاهُمُ الْأَسْفَلِينَ 98 What is the matter with you that you do not speak? 92 Then he struck them with his right hand. 93 So they came toward him, hastening. 94 He said: Do you worship what you carve? 95 And Allah created you and what you make. 96 They said: Build for him a structure and throw him into the Fire. 97 So they plotted against him, but We made them the lower ones. 98
The Shaykh : No, it is absolutely impossible. If an eclipse and a festival were to coincide, we would say this is in Shawwal, during the Festival of Breaking the Fast. If an eclipse and a festival coincide, it is known that the day is not a festival and that the witnesses erred in their testimony, because the error of the observer is a possibility, but a deviation from the custom established by Allah is impossible. Even the scholars said that if an eclipse occurs while one is standing at 'Arafah, he should pray and then proceed, so that he does not miss the prayer. This is what the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: this is a hypothetical issue that never occurs. But the jurists mention things for the purpose of practicing on legal issues, just as they posited twenty grandmothers in bequests and inheritance. When does one have twenty grandmothers? Regardless of those connected through two, three, four, or five parents. Where are the twenty grandmothers? Who remains with twenty grandmothers who inherit from us in inheritance? In any case, these are mathematical issues with no problem.
The reciter: ما لَكُمْ لَا تَنْطِقُونَ 92 فَرَاغَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضَرْبًا بِالْيَمِينِ 93 فَأَقْبَلُوا إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ 94 قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ 95 وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ 96 قَالُوا ابْنُوا لَهُ بُنْيَانًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِي الْجَحِيمِ 97 فَأَرَادُوا بِهِ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَاهُمُ الْأَسْفَلِينَ 98 What is the matter with you that you do not speak? 92 Then he struck them with his right hand. 93 So they came toward him, hastening. 94 He said: Do you worship what you carve? 95 And Allah created you and what you make. 96 They said: Build for him a structure and throw him into the Fire. 97 So they plotted against him, but We made them the lower ones. 98