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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it a condition in the prayer for the solar and lunar eclipses that the time be fully occupied with prayer until the eclipse clears?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Regarding the prayer for the solar and lunar eclipses, is it obligatory for the one praying to utilize the entire duration of the eclipse, or does he pray what is easy for him, then remain in the mosque for dhikr (remembrance of Allah) and istighfar (seeking forgiveness) until it clears?

Answer:
He prolongs the prayer; he prolongs the prayer until the eclipse clears. The prayer begins with the beginning of the eclipse and ends with its end. The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
then pray and supplicate until it removed it from you.صلوا وادعوا حتى ينكشف ما بكم
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1502Sahih (Darussalam)
When you see it, meaning the eclipse,
then pray and supplicate until it removed it from you.فصلوا وادعوا حتى ينكشف ما بكم
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1502Sahih (Darussalam)
The time for the eclipse prayer is the time of the eclipse, from its beginning to its end. But if it happens that he says the taslim (closing salam) thinking that the eclipse has cleared, and it turns out that it has not yet cleared, they engage in seeking forgiveness and supplication and do not repeat the prayer a second time. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2669- 4717] هل يشترط في صلاة الكسوف والخسوف استغراق الوقت في الصلاة حتى ينجلي الكسوف؟ — youtube.com

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