20- THE ECLIPSE PRAYER
THE ECLIPSE PRAYER
(Eclipse refers to both that of the moon and sun.)
The eclipse prayer is a confirmed Sunna (and missing it is not permissible, but rather is offensive).
(Like the drought prayer, it has no call to prayer (adhan) (besides that mentioned).
It is recommended to be performed in a group at the mosque.
It is recommended for women without attractive figures to attend (in their household clothes, that is, women advanced in years and the like. As for women who have attractive figures, it is desirable for them to perform it in their homes
DESCRIPTION OF THE ECLIPSE PRAYER
The eclipse prayer consists of two rak’as. The minimum is:
a) to open with “Allahu Akbar”;
b) to recite the Fatiha;
c) to bow;
d) to straighten up;
e) to recite the Fatiha again;
f) to bow again;
g) to (straighten up and) remain motion… less a moment;
h) and to prostrate, then sit up, and then prostrate again.
This is one rak’a, comprising standing twice, reciting (the Fatiha) twice, and bowing twice.
One then prays the second rak’a like the first. It is not permissible to lengthen the amount of time one stands or bows merely because the eclipse has not yet passed, or to shorten the rak’as to less (than the above way after having intended it) because the eclipse has passed.
The optimal way is that after reciting the Opening Supplication (Istiftah), the Ta’awwudh, and the Fatiha, one:
a) recite al-Baqara (Quran 2) for the first Quran recital;
b) recite Al ‘Imran (Quran 3) after the second time one recites the Fatiha (in the first rak’a); (then, in the second rak’a:)
c) recite al-Nisa (Quran 4) for the third recital
d) and recite al-Ma’ida (Quran 5) for the fourth recital.
Or one may recite comparable amounts of the Quran in place of the above suras.
One bows and says “Subhana Rabbiya al- ‘Adhim” (“How far above any limitation is my Lord Most Great’) after the first of the four Quran recitals for a period equal to reciting one hundred verses of al-Baqara (about 20 minutes); after the second recital for the length of eighty of its verses; after the third for the length of seventy verses; and after the fourth for the length of fifty verses.
The other parts of the eclipse prayer are the same as other prayers.
After praying. it is recommended that the imam give two sermons like those of the Friday prayer (in integrals and conditions, except that here the sermons follow the prayer, as opposed to those of the Friday prayer, which precede it).
One may no longer perform the eclipse prayer if one has not yet begun it when the eclipse passes, when the sun sets while still eclipsed, or when the sun rises while the moon is still eclipsed. But if one has begun the prayer and the eclipse passes or the sun sets while still in eclipse, one nevertheless completes the prayer.
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