Al-Kafi · Hadith 2

The Book of Prayer · Salah (Prayer) For Eclipses · Volume 3, book 4, chapter 90, Hadith 2

Original Arabic text

2ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ جَمِيعاً عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالاَ سَأَلْنَا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنْ صَلاَةِ الْكُسُوفِ كَمْ هِيَ رَكْعَةً وَكَيْفَ نُصَلِّيهَا فَقَالَ عَشْرُ رَكَعَاتٍ وَأَرْبَعُ سَجَدَاتٍ تَفْتَتِحُ الصَّلاَةَ بِتَكْبِيرَةٍ وَتَرْكَعُ بِتَكْبِيرَةٍ وَتَرْفَعُ رَأْسَكَ بِتَكْبِيرَةٍ إِلاَّ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ الَّتِي تَسْجُدُ فِيهَا وَتَقُولُ سَمِعَ الله لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ وَتَقْنُتُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الرُّكُوعِ وَتُطِيلُ الْقُنُوتَ وَالرُّكُوعَ عَلَى قَدْرِ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَالرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ فَإِنْ فَرَغْتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْجَلِيَ فَاقْعُدْ وَادْعُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ حَتَّى يَنْجَلِيَ وَإِنِ انْجَلَى قَبْلَ أَنْ تَفْرُغَ مِنْ صَلاَتِكَ فَأَتِمَّ مَا بَقِيَ وَتَجْهَرُ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ الْقِرَاءَةُ فِيهَا فَقَالَ إِنْ قَرَأْتَ سُورَةً فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ فَاقْرَأْ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَإِنْ نَقَصْتَ مِنَ السُّورَةِ شَيْئاً فَاقْرَأْ مِنْ حَيْثُ نَقَصْتَ وَلاَ تَقْرَأْ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ قَالَ وَكَانَ يَسْتَحِبُّ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ فِيهَا بِالْكَهْفِ وَالْحِجْرِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِمَاماً يَشُقُّ عَلَى مَنْ خَلْفَهُ وَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ صَلاَتُكَ بَارِزاً لاَ يَجُنُّكَ بَيْتٌ فَافْعَلْ وَصَلاَةُ كُسُوفِ الشَّمْسِ أَطْوَلُ مِنْ صَلاَةِ كُسُوفِ الْقَمَرِ وَهُمَا سَوَاءٌ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ وَالرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ.

Published English translation

2. Afi has narrated from his father and Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il from al-Fadf ibn Shadhan all from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz from Zurarah from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “We once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about Salah (prayer) because of eclipse. How many Rak‘at has it and how we perform it? He (the Imam) said, ‘It has ten Ruku‘ (bowing down on one’s knees) and four Sajadat (prostrations). Salah (prayer) commences with Takbir (Allah is great beyond description), Ruku‘ is performed with Takbir and you raise your head with Takbir, except the fifth Takbir, after which you perform Sajdah (prostration), and say Allah hears those who praise Him. Say Qunut (supplication after recitation in second Rak‘at) in every two Rak‘at before Ruku‘ and prolong Qunut and Ruku‘ equal to the time for recitation, Ruku‘ and Sajdah (prostration). If you finish before it (sun or moon) is cleared, sit down and pray before Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, until it is cleared. If it clears before you finish Salah (prayer), complete the remaining. Make the recitation loud.’ I then asked, ‘How is recitation in this Salah (prayer)?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If you recite Surah (a chapter) in every Rak‘at, recite al-Fatihah al-Kitab, but if you reduce from Surah (chapter) something, then recite from where you left and do not recite al-Fatihah al-Kitab.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is desirable to recite al-Kahf (Chapter 18) and al-Hijr (Chapter 15), unless one is the Imam and is afraid of causing difficulties for people behind him. Your Salah (prayer) should be in the open, without being covered by a house, if you can do so. Salah (prayer) because of sun eclipse should be given more time than that because of moon eclipse, but Salah (prayer) because of both is equal in Ruku‘ and Sajdah.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسن كالصحيح

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/439)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: صحيح

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 343

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