أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ يَوْمًا مُسْتَعْجِلًا إِلَی الْمَسْجِدِ وَقَدْ انْکَسَفَتْ الشَّمْسُ فَصَلَّی حَتَّی انْجَلَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ کَانُوا يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَا يَنْخَسِفَانِ إِلَّا لِمَوْتِ عَظِيمٍ مِنْ عُظَمَائِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَإِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَا يَنْخَسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلَا لِحَيَاتِهِ وَلَکِنَّهُمَا خَلِيقَتَانِ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ يُحْدِثُ اللَّهُ فِي خَلْقِهِ مَا يَشَائُ فَأَيُّهُمَا انْخَسَفَ فَصَلُّوا حَتَّی يَنْجَلِيَ أَوْ يُحْدِثَ اللَّهُ أَمْرًا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1495
It was narrated from An Numan bin Bashir that the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم came rushing out to the Masjid one day when the sun eclipsed, and he prayed until the eclipse ended, then he said: “The people of the Jahili)yah used to say that eclipses of the sun and the moon only happened when some great man on Earth died. But eclipses of the sun and the moon do not happen for the death or birth of anyone. Rather they are two of the creations of Allah and Allah causes to happen in His creation what He wills. Whichever of them becomes eclipsed, pray until it is over or Allah causes something to happen.” (Da`if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020