[NOTE Sunnah is to *not look at* any eclipse, and to pray this prayer if you are in the actual path of eclipse, not only if you heard about it.]
[Astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah…] Laa ilaaha illa Huw al-Hayy al-Qayyum wa atoobu ilayh.
To pray Salaat al-Kusuf, the Eclipse Prayer, is Sunnah; in fact, from the beginning of the eclipse until it clears, this prayer is made. It is a long prayer, but due to my condition, while the youngsters pray standing I will pray sitting, and we will fulfill this Sunnah, inshaa-Allah.
Our Prophet (s) was the imam of the honorable Sahaabah and he (s) made them pray and gave this prayer to the Ummah as a Sunnah, saying, “In the End Times, my Ummah will be corrupted. Everyone will do what they like and corruption will increase. In those times, anyone following one Sunnah will receive the reward of a hundred martyrs.”
من احيا سنتي عند فساد أمتي فله أجر مائة شهيد
There are people who continue to revive my Sunnah. For each Sunnah they revive, Allah will give them the reward of seventy martyrs (“one-hundred martyrs,” in different riwaya).
This holy prayer is rarely practiced (as eclipses are rare). May Allah grant us health, taste, happiness and to perform this Eclipse Prayer with our own power and capacity. It can be two or four raka`ats, both are permitted. We will pray two raka`ats, and in each raka`at we must pray a long time as it is important to pray from the start of the eclipse to the end. Due to our weakness we will pray two raka`ats, may Allah forgive us. Strong ones pray standing and the weak ones pray sitting, because this prayer is quite long, perhaps thirty minutes, one hour or more, but due to our condition we will pray a ‘symbolic’ prayer following the Sunnah of Prophet (s).
May this sign of power be a lesson to us and bring us power; when it is shaded that power is taken, when it starts to clear it is given. When giving, Allah Almighty gives more power than before to those who are praying. From Allah’s Light which reinforces the Moon, we also receive Light with physical and spiritual power, and are dressed with honor and taste. It removes distress on Believers and renews them, and when the light returns it comes on us also, then illnesses and troubles leave and majesty is dressed (on us).
[...] We hope Allah Almighty grants us reason and dresses us with Noor from the Light that descends. May He give us prosperity, the power of imaan, and the ability to walk and not be imprisoned in bed. May we live healthy and without troubles.
O Mu’mins, beware! In order to take the burden from you, Allah Almighty creates such opportunities, so see this as a treasure and at least pray two raka`ats. We hope He will end the period of tyrants with this sign in the sky. As this opens, after temporary oppression, although reality is light, darkness came. Islam came with light to extinguish the tyrants, dictators, and ignorants whose darkness covered the world, but darkness doesn’t last forever. There comes a Sign that oppression will end the time of tyrants, then comes Noor. Imam Mahdi (a) comes with Light containing such signs and good tidings. We are informed this much, which is enough for you; beyond this we can’t comprehend, it is beyond our understanding.
SALAT AL-KUSUF
Due to our weak condition, while we fully intend to follow this Sunnah, this is our current capacity.
Until the eclipse begins, perhaps you can read one or two juz of Holy Qur’an.
In the first raka`at, qiyaam starts with tasbeeh, then recite Surat al-Fatihah, then Tabaraka Shareef (Surat al-Mulk). If you are not tired, recite Surah Yaseen. In ruku, instead of three tasbeeh recite three, nine, twelve, fifteen times as ruku will be long. In Qiyaam recite, “Sami Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana laka ‘l-hamd, yaa Rabbana wa laka ‘l-hamd”. Then go to sajda, “Allahu Akbar,” and make tasbeeh three, six, nine, twelve, fifteen times. In the second sajda make tasbeeh ten, twelve, fifteen times more, and between the two sajdas we say, “Subhaana Rabbi al-Azheem [or] Subhaana Rabbi al-Aala. Sami Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana laka ‘l-hamd, yaa Rabbana wa laka ‘l-hamd.”
Pray ruku and qiyaam with this formula.
Who prays this will have no troubles this year: even if there are troubles they won’t face them. You will see this. If they make this prayer their troubles are lifted: patients receive health; the mindless receive reason, their intellect is increased; faith is strengthened; fresh physical power is given to weak ones. It’s benefits are endless.
Wa min Allahi 't-tawfeeq, bi hurmati 'l-habeeb, bi hurmati 'l-Fatihah.
http://sufilive.com/The-Endless-Benefits-of-the-Eclipse-Salat-3553.html
© Copyright 2017 by Sufilive. All rights reserved. This transcript is protected
by international copyright law. Please attribute Sufilive when sharing it. JazakAllahu khayr.