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Sunan an-Nasai 1486 (Book 16, Hadith 28) #16097
Praying During Solar Eclipses

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) rushing out to pray during a solar eclipse and teaching that eclipses are signs of Allah (SWT) and not related to anyone's death or birth.

It was narrated that Qabisah bin Mukhariq Al-Hilali said: "There was an eclipse of the sun and at the time we were with the Messenger of Allah in Al-Madinah. He rushed out dragging his garment and prayed two rak'ahs, which he made lengthy. The end of his prayer coincided with the end of the eclipse. He praised and glorified Allah (SWT), then he said: 'The sun and the moon are two of the signs of Allah (SWT), and they do not become eclipsed for the death or birth of anyone. If you see anything of that, then pray like the last obligatory prayer you did before that'."
وَأَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، أَنَّ جَدَّهُ، عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْوَازِعِ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ السَّخْتِيَانِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ مُخَارِقٍ الْهِلاَلِيِّ، قَالَ كَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَنَحْنُ إِذْ ذَاكَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَخَرَجَ فَزِعًا يَجُرُّ ثَوْبَهُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ أَطَالَهُمَا فَوَافَقَ انْصِرَافُهُ انْجِلاَءَ الشَّمْسِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّهُمَا لاَ يَنْكَسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلاَ لِحَيَاتِهِ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَصَلُّوا كَأَحْدَثِ صَلاَةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ صَلَّيْتُمُوهَا

TOPICS
eclipse  *  prayer  *  death  *  birth  *  allah

QUICK LESSONS:
Rush out to pray during an eclipse, Praise & glorify God Almighty after it ends .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's reaction when he saw a solar eclipse. He rushed out, dragging his garment, and prayed two rak'ahs which were lengthy. After the eclipse ended, he praised and glorified Allah for His signs in nature. He then taught that eclipses are not related to anyone's death or birth but rather they are signs from Allah SWT. The Prophet also taught us that if we see an eclipse, we should pray like we would for any other obligatory prayer. This hadith teaches us to be mindful of our prayers even during extraordinary events such as an eclipse and reminds us that all natural phenomena come from Allah SWT alone.

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