Hadith 1047

Should one say: The sun Kasafat or Khasafat? (Two verbs used to mean "eclipse", the first is often used for the sun and the second for the moon). Allāh says: "And the moon Khasafat (eclipsed)." (V.75:8)

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Darussalam · Volume 2

16 - THE BOOK OF THE ECLIPSES

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 1047 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 35

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1047. Narrated 'Āishah رضي الله عنها (the wife of the Prophet ﷺ): On the day when the sun Khasafat (eclipsed) Allāh's Messenger ﷺ prayed; he stood up and said Takbīr and recited a prolonged recitation, then he performed a prolonged bowing, then he raised his head and said, "Sami' Allahu liman hamida," and then remained standing and recited a prolonged recitation which was shorter than the first. Then he performed a prolonged bowing which was shorter than the first. Then he prostrated and prolonged the prostration and he did the same in the second Rak'a as in the first and then finished the Ṣalāt (prayer) with Taslīm. By that time the sun (eclipse) had cleared. He addressed the people and said, as regards solar and lunar eclipses, "The sun and the moon are two signs from amongst the signs of Allāh; they do not eclipse (Yakhṣifān) because of the death or the life (i.e. birth) of someone. So when you see them make haste for the Ṣalāt (prayer)."

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1047 - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى يَوْمَ خَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَقَامَ، فَكَبَّرَ، فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً طَوِيلَةً، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ رُكُوعًا طَوِيلًا، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ: سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ، وَقَامَ كَمَا هُوَ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً طَوِيلَةً وَهِيَ أَدْنَى مِنَ القِرَاءَةِ الأُولَى، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ رُكُوعًا طَوِيلًا وَهِيَ أَدْنَى مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ الأُولَى، ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سُجُودًا طَوِيلًا، ثُمَّ فَعَلَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الآخِرَةِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ وَقَدْ تَجَلَّتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ: فِي كُسُوفِ الشَّمْسِ وَالقَمَرِ: «إِنَّهُمَا آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ لاَ يَخْسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلاَ لِحَيَاتِهِ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمَا، فَافْزَعُوا إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ»

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