Ramadaan, and we saw that the moon was eclipsed. What should we have
done?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The sun and moon are two of the signs of Allaah.By means of lunar and
solar eclipses, Allaah reminds His slaves of the Day of Resurrection,
the Day on which their light will disappear. Allaah
says(interpretation of the meaning):
"So, when the sight shall be dazed.
8. And the moon will be eclipsed.
9. And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the
other or folded up or deprived of their light)"
[al-Qiyaamah 75:7-9]
So by means of this sign Allaah reminds us of that Day. See also
question no. 5901 . And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) hastened to pray when that happened.
When you saw the eclipsewhen you were going outfor Fajr prayer, you
had the choice of starting withthe eclipse prayer, as suggested by
some scholars, because of the command narrated from the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to hasten to dothat. But if you
started with Fajr first, this is also good because the obligatory
prayer should come first. This may also serve an interest, especially
since the eclipsecould not be seen except at the time of the iqaamah,
so it may have been too difficult for the people, especially those who
had stayed up at night during the blessed month, if the imam had
started with the eclipse prayer. So he started with Fajr prayer, to
enable those who wanted to leave to do so, as that would be easier for
the people; this is also less likely to cause confusion, especially
for those who had come for Fajr and did not know that the imam was
going to offer the eclipse prayer.
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