Salat Al-Kusuf in Masjid Al-Haram (Prayer of Lunar eclipse) - Part 1

Prayer: Salat Al Kusuf
Place: Masjid Al-Haram (Makkah, Saudi Arabia)
Imam: Sheikh Maahir al Mu'ayqali
Surah: Mariyam
Date: 31-December-2009

Salat-ul-Kusuf/Kusoof/Khusuf/Qusuf is a two rakaah Sunnah prayer performed during Solar/Lunar eclipses. The sun and moon are two of the signs of Allah. By means of lunar and solar eclipses, Allah reminds His slaves of the Day of Resurrection, the Day on which their light will disappear.

Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"So, when the sight shall be dazed.
And the moon will be eclipsed.
And the sun and moon will be joined together (by going one into the other or folded up or deprived of their light)"
[Al-Quran: Surah Al-Qiyamah[75th] Verses 7-9)

Narrated Hadrat Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba (may Allah be pleased with him): "The sun eclipsed in the life-time of Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) on the day when (his son) Ibrahim died. So the people said that the sun had eclipsed because of the death of Ibrahim. Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of the death or life (i.e. birth) of someone. When you see the eclipse, pray and invoke Allah."
(Sahih Bukhari, Book of Eclipses)

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