solar/Lunar eclipse

[AnGaaR]

salamoona

please put ur views about solar and lunar eclipse..
what does islam say about it?
what should we do when its solar/lunar eclipse?


(today is lunar eclipse and they say mars will come between moon and earth.. ) i heard it from a friend..

so the main goal of this topic is to collect your views about the eclipse

[IamDZJ]

humm. no wonder the weather changed so suddenly.
i don't know about the eclipse but whenever there used to be s storm my grandma would have us take out our sepras and read the qaaf surah.

[AnGaaR]

I don't think Islam comments about the Eclipse. Am I wrong?

then whats the khusuf prayer for?
I know about the khusuf Monz or prayer.. i have prayed it too in masjid with hundreds of ppl.. i still wana know more about it

[Mayana]

In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate

Imam Nawawi writes in his commentary on Sahih Muslim,


Different hadith narrations describe the eclipse prayer in different ways. Some of these ways are mentioned by Muslim, others by Abu Dawud, and yet others by other [compilers of hadith].

[Area of Scholarly Agreement]

There is scholarly consensus that [performing the eclipse prayer] is recommended. The position of Malik, Shafi`i, Ahmad, and the vast majority of scholars is that it is recommended to pray it in a group. The scholars of Iraq [hold that it is recommended to perform it] individually. The proofs of the majority are the rigorously authenticated (sahih) hadiths in Muslim and other hadith compilations.

[Area of Scholarly Difference]

The scholars differ regarding how it should be performed. The most well-known position of Shafi`i is that it consists of two rak`as, each rak`ah comprising two standings, two Quran recitals, and two bowings, although the prostrations are only two just as in other kinds of prayers. This is regardless of whether the eclipse lasts a long time or not. This is also the position of Malik, Layth, Ahmad, Abu Thawr, and the majority of the scholars of Hijaz and others.

The scholars of Kufa [i.e., the Hanafis] say that the eclipse prayer consists of two rak`as just like all other supererogatory prayers, based on the immediate purport of the hadith related by Jabir b. Samurah and Abu Bakrah, which says that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) simply prayed two rak`as.

The proof of the scholarly majority is the hadith of `Ai'sha related via `Urwa and `Amra, and the hadiths of Jabir, Ibn `Abbas, and Ibn `Amr b. al-`As, which all say that it consists of two rak`as, each rak`a comprising two bowings and two prostrations. Ibn `Abd al-Barr said, "This is the most authentic (sahih) narration on the topic [of the eclipse prayer] and all other conflicting narrations are defective and weak." The scholarly majority interprets the hadith of Ibn Samura as being unqualified whose meaning is explained by these hadiths.

Muslim mentions a narration from `A'isha, one from Ibn `Abbas, and one from Jabir that mentions that the eclipse prayer consists of two rak`as, each of which consists of three bowings. There is also a narration from Ibn `Abbas and another from `Ali that says that it consists of four bowings in each rak`a. The scholars of hadith (huffaz) say that the first group of narrations [i.e., those that mention two bowings in each rak`a] are more authentic, and their narrators have a better memory and relate hadiths with superior precision. (Nawawi, al-Minhaj bi Sharh Sahih Muslim b. Hajjaj (Dar al-Ma`rifa), 3.438)


In other words, the position mentioned in the article that you cite is the position of the Hanafis. Scholars of other schools were able to resolve the apparent contradiction between the hadiths by judging some hadiths to be more authentic than others and giving precedence to these hadiths.

And Allah Most High knows best.

Hamza.

Reconciling conflicting hadiths about the solar eclipse payer

Interesting, I had never heard about this before..