The Book of Friday Prayer, the Two Festivals, the Prayer for Rain, the Eclipse Prayer, and Funerals-06a
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The reader: And Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim al-Duqri narrated to me, Isma'il ibn Ulayyah narrated to us from Hisham al-Dustawa'i, who said: Abu al-Zubayr narrated to us from Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah, that he said:
The Shaykh : It passed us that the sun was eclipsed, and we mentioned that the correct view is that the terms khusuf and khusuf are applied to both the moon and the sun. Yes.
The reader:Sahih Muslim 904a, b.
The Shaykh : His statement:Sahih Muslim 1122b It is possible that this intensity is relative, and that this day was hotter than the day before or after it. It is also possible that it was intensely hot, meaning in the time of summer. This requires looking into the history, for the solar eclipse that occurred was on the twenty-ninth day of Shawwal in the tenth year of the Hijrah. It is possible to refer to the Gregorian calendar to see what date corresponds to this day, and to know whether it was in the days of the heat or in moderate days. But that day was the hottest, and I was not able to verify this, but you can refer to this.
The sun was eclipsed during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a day of intense heat, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed with his companions
كَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي يَوْمٍ شَدِيدِ الْحَرِّ، فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِأَصْحَابِهِThe Shaykh : It passed us that the sun was eclipsed, and we mentioned that the correct view is that the terms khusuf and khusuf are applied to both the moon and the sun. Yes.
The reader:
The sun eclipsed on one extremely hot day during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed along with his Companions. He prolonged his qiyam (standing posture in prayer) till they (his Companions) began to fall down. He then observed a long ruku'. He raised his head (and stood up for long) and then observed a long ruku'. He then raised (his head and stood up) for a long time and then made two prostrations. He then stood up and did like this and thus he observed four ruku's and four prostrations (in two rak'ahs) and then said: All these things were brought to me in which you will be made to enter. Paradise was brought to me till (I was so close to it) that if I (had intended) to pluck a bunch (of grapes) out of it. I would have got it, or he (the Holy Prophet) said: I intended to get a bunch (out of that) but my hand could not reach it. Hell was also brought to me and I saw in it a woman belonging to the tribe of Israel who was tormented for a cat whom she had tied, but did not give it food nor set it free to eat the creatures of the earth; and I saw Abu Thumama 'Amr b. Malik who was dragging his intestines in Hell. They (the Arabs) used to say that the sun and the moon do not eclipse but on the death of some great person; but (in reality) both these (the sun and the moon) are among the signs of Allah which are shown to you; so when there is an eclipse, observe prayer till it (the sun or the moon) brightens.
يوم يوم شديد الحر فصلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بأصحابه فَأَطَالَ الْقِيَامَ، حَتَّى جَعَلُوا يَخِرُّونَ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ فَأَطَالَ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ فَأَطَالَ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ فَأَطَالَ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ فَأَطَالَ، ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَنَعَ نَحْوًا مِنْ ذَاكَ، فَكَانَتْ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ، وَأَرْبَعَ سَجَدَاتٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّهُ عُرِضَ عَلَيَّ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ تُولَجُونَهُ، فَعُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ الْجَنَّةُ، حَتَّى لَوْ تَنَاوَلْتُ مِنْهَا قِطْفًا أَخَذْتُهُ - أَوْ قَالَ: تَنَاوَلْتُ مِنْهَا قِطْفًا - فَقَصُرَتْ يَدِي عَنْهُ، وَعُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ النَّارُ، فَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تُعَذَّبُ فِي هِرَّةٍ لَهَا، رَبَطَتْهَا فَلَمْ تُطْعِمْهَا، وَلَمْ تَدَعْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الْأَرْضِ، وَرَأَيْتُ أَبَا ثُمَامَةَ عَمْرَو بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَجُرُّ قُصْبَهُ فِي النَّارِ، وَإِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ: إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَا يَخْسِفَانِ إِلَّا لِمَوْتِ عَظِيمٍ، وَإِنَّهُمَا آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللهِ يُرِيكُمُوهُمَا، فَإِذَا خَسَفَا فَصَلُّوا حَتَّى تَنْجَلِيَThe Shaykh : His statement: