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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Using Eclipses as Evidence for the Occurrence of Earthquakes

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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on one who uses an eclipse, whether lunar or solar, as evidence for the occurrence of earthquakes and volcanoes?

Answer:
The solar and lunar eclipses are two of the signs by which Allah does not frighten His servants, and they do not indicate the occurrence of events. What indicates that this is the practice of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) is that they are the ones who say that an eclipse does not occur except for the death of a great person or the birth of a great person. This is the practice of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. As for us, we are commanded to pray when we see an eclipse and to supplicate for it to be cleared. Yes, this is what we are commanded to do. They are among the signs of Allah by which He frightens His servants, and they do not indicate the occurrence of anything. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب ما جاء في التنجيم - 1 — islamhouse.com (1:02:03)

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