The ruling on linking the death of scholars to a lunar eclipse

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. One of the preachers mentioned, after the death of one of the great scholars, that his death coincided with a lunar eclipse. Is there any harm in this?

Answer:
Yes, this is not permissible. This resembles the saying of the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) that it eclipsed because of the death of so-and-so or the life of so-and-so. When the sun eclipsed on the day Ibrahim, the son of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), died, they said the sun eclipsed because of the death of Ibrahim, based on what they believed in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade that and said , not because of his life, but rather they are two signs . The imam made a mistake and brought back to the people the custom of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). So you must inform him that he should repent to Allah and not do such a thing.