أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ انْکَسَفَتْ الشَّمْسُ عَلَی عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَخَرَجَ يَجُرُّ ثَوْبَهُ فَزِعًا حَتَّی أَتَی الْمَسْجِدَ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُصَلِّي بِنَا حَتَّی انْجَلَتْ فَلَمَّا انْجَلَتْ قَالَ إِنَّ نَاسًا يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَا يَنْکَسِفَانِ إِلَّا لِمَوْتِ عَظِيمٍ مِنْ الْعُظَمَائِ وَلَيْسَ کَذَلِکَ إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَا يَنْکَسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلَا لِحَيَاتِهِ وَلَکِنَّهُمَا آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِذَا بَدَا لِشَيْئٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ خَشَعَ لَهُ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ ذَلِکَ فَصَلُّوا کَأَحْدَثِ صَلَاةٍ صَلَّيْتُمُوهَا مِنْ الْمَکْتُوبَةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1490
It was narrated that An Numan bin Bashir said: “The sun eclipsed during the time of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and he rushed out dragging his cloak until he came to the Masjid. He continued leading us in prayer until the eclipse ended. When it ended he said: ‘People claim that the eclipse of the sun and the moon only happens when a great man dies, but that is not so. Eclipses of the sun and the moon do not happen for the death or birth of anyone, but they are signs from Allah, the Mighty and Sublime. When Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, manifests Himself to anything of His creation, it humbles itself before Him, so if you see that then pray like the last obligatory prayer you did before that.” (Da’if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020