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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Prayer - Eclipses

Sahih Muslim 913a

Chapter: The Call For The Eclipse Prayer: "As-Salatu Jami'ah (The Prayer Is Being Assembled)

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 913a

Narrator:Abdur-Rahmān ibn Samurah

وَحَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلاَءِ، حَيَّانَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَرْمِي، بِأَسْهُمِي فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذِ انْكَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَنَبَذْتُهُنَّ وَقُلْتُ لأَنْظُرَنَّ إِلَى مَا يَحْدُثُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي انْكِسَافِ الشَّمْسِ الْيَوْمَ فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ

رَافِعٌ يَدَيْهِ يَدْعُو وَيُكَبِّرُ وَيَحْمَدُ وَيُهَلِّلُ حَتَّى جُلِّيَ عَنِ الشَّمْسِ فَقَرَأَ سُورَتَيْنِ وَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ‏.‏

'Abd al-Rahman b. Samura said:

During the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) I was shooting my arrows in Medina, when an eclipse of the sun took place. I, therefore, threw them away and said, I must see how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) acts in a solar eclipse today. When I came to him, he had been supplicating with his hands, raised, pronouncing Allah-o-Akbar, praising Him, acknowledging that He is One God till the eclipse was over, then he recited two surahs and prayed two rak'ahs.

Reported by Muslim (No. 913a) and Ahmad (No. 19703).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله : ( فَانْتَهَيْت إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ رَافِع يَدَيْهِ يَدْعُو وَيُكَبِّر وَيَحْمَد وَيُهَلِّل حَتَّى جَلَّى عَنْ الشَّمْس فَقَرَأَ سُورَتَيْنِ وَرَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ) وَفِي الرِّوَايَة الْأُخْرَى : ( فَأَتَيْته وَهُوَ قَائِم فِي الصَّلَاة رَافِع يَدَيْهِ فَجَعَلَ يُسَبِّح وَيُهَلِّل وَيُكَبِّر وَيَحْمَد وَيَدْعُو حَتَّى حَسِرَ. قَالَ : فَلَمَّا حَسِرَ عَنْهَا قَرَأَ سُورَتَيْنِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ) هَذَا مِمَّا يُسْتَشْكَلُ وَيُظَنّ أَنَّ ظَاهِره : أَنَّهُ اِبْتَدَأَ صَلَاة الْكُسُوف بَعْد اِنْجِلَاء الشَّمْس , وَلَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَجُوز اِبْتِدَاء صَلَاتهَا بَعْد الِانْجِلَاء , وَهَذَا الْحَدِيث مَحْمُول عَلَى أَنَّهُ وَجَدَهُ فِي الصَّلَاة كَمَا صَرَّحَ بِهِ فِي الرِّوَايَ…

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  • تهذيب الكمال للمزي (674)رَافِعٌ يَدَيْهِ يُسَبِّحُ ويَحْمَدُ ويُهَلِّلُ ويُكَبِّرُ ويَدْعُو ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى حُسِرَ عَنِ الشَّمْسِ ، فَقَرَأَ سُورَتَيْنِ ، ورَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ

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