الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الكسوفChapters on Eclipse Prayer
فَصْلٌ مِنْهُ فِيمَنْ صَلَّاهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى اتَّجَلَتْ
Section on those who prayed it two by two until the eclipse cleared
Hadith 2903
عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَسْأَلُ، ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ يَسْأَلُ، حَتَّى انْجَلَتِ الشَّمْسُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: ((إِنَّ نَاسًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَقُولُونَ أَوْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ إِذَا انْكَسَفَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا فَإِنَّمَا يَنْكَسِفُ لِمَوْتِ عَظِيمٍ مِنْ عُظَمَاءِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ، وَلَٰكِنَّهُمَا خَلْقَانِ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ، فَإِذَا تَجَلَّى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِشَيْءٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ خَشَعَ لَهُ))
Sayyiduna Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the sun was eclipsed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did this: he led two rak‘ahs of prayer, then inquired (about the eclipse), then led two rak‘ahs, then inquired, until the sun became clear. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Some people of the Age of Ignorance think that the sun and the moon lose their light when a great person among the people of the earth dies, but in reality, it is not so. These are two creations among the creations of Allah; when Allah manifests His glory to anything among His creation, it humbles itself before Him.
