{"id":21512,"date":"2020-06-21T00:42:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T20:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=21512"},"modified":"2020-06-21T00:42:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T20:42:29","slug":"general-authority-of-islamic-affairs-endowments-calls-for-performing-eclipse-prayer-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2020\/06\/21\/general-authority-of-islamic-affairs-endowments-calls-for-performing-eclipse-prayer-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"General Authority of Islamic Affairs &#038; Endowments calls for performing eclipse prayer at home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The General Authority of Islamic Affairs &amp; Endowments has urged Muslims to perform the eclipse prayer at home in compliance with the preventive and precautionary measures taken in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The solar- and lunar- eclipse prayer is an emphasised sunnah,(supererogatory act of worship following the manner of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him). It is obligatory for every mukallaf (sane mature person),&#8221; said the Authority in a statement today, explaining that the prayer begins and ends with the eclipse, namely when the sun is at a spear\u2019s height above the horizon and continues until noon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Man can perform it at home or wherever he is singly or accompanied by his family; women can likewise perform it at home singly,&#8221; said the Authority, affirming that it&#8217;s not permissible under the current circumstances to congregate and perform the prayer collectively in jama\u2019ah at home, mosques or workplaces or anywhere else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Muslims are strongly advised to perform their prayers and acts of worship in a way that doesn&#8217;t pose a threat to the safety or health of themselves or others,&#8221; added the statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The General Authority of Islamic Affairs &amp; Endowments has urged Muslims to perform the eclipse prayer at home in compliance with the preventive and precautionary measures taken in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. &#8220;The solar- and lunar- eclipse prayer is an emphasised sunnah,(supererogatory act of worship following the manner of Prophet Muhammad, peace and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21514,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21512\/revisions\/21514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}