Hadith #4
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ انْكَسَفَتْ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى
اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَخَرَجَ فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَيَسْأَلُ وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَيَسْأَلُ حَتَّى انْجَلَتْ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رِجَالًا يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ إِذَا انْكَسَفَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا فَإِنَّمَا يَنْكَسِفُ لِمَوْتِ عَظِيمٍ مِنْ الْعُظَمَاءِ وَلَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ وَلَكِنَّهُمَا خَلْقَانِ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَإِذَا تَجَلَّى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِشَيْءٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ خَشَعَ لَهُ
Isnad Chain
عبد الوهاب الثقفي
أيوب
أبي قلابة
النعمان بن بشير
English Translation
Hushaym narrated to us: Abū Bishr informed us, from Bashīr ibn Thābit, from Ḥabīb ibn Sālim, from al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr رضي الله عنه who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us while the sun was eclipsed, and he prayed until the eclipse cleared. Then he said: 'Indeed, the people of the Jāhiliyyah used to say that the sun and moon do not eclipse except for the death of a great person. Rather, the sun and moon are two signs among the signs of Allah عز وجل; when one of them eclipses — or: when something happens to one of them — pray the best prayer you have ever prayed until it clears.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 35, Hadith 4
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17642
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-54032