Question:
Is it obligatory to offer prayers on the eclipses of the sun and moon?
Country: India
Answer:
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuHu,
The eclipse prayers are not obligatory, rather they are sunnah. (Minhaj al-Talibin 1/305)
Allah knows best.
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