Make the recitation loud.

Make the recitation loud.’ I then asked, ‘How is recitation in this Salat?’ The Imam -asws said: ‘If you recite Surah (a chapter) in every Rak’at, recite al-Fatihah al-Kitab, but if you reduce (forgot while reciting a sura) from (the second) Surah something, then recite from where you had left (forgot from the 2 nd Sura) and do not recite al-Fatihah al-Kitab (Chapter one again).’ The Imam -asws 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 Salat should be in the open, without being covered by a house, if you can do so. Salat because of Sun eclipse should be given more time than that because of Moon eclipse, but Salat because of both is equal in Ruku’ and Sajdah.’ [2] حَمَّادٌ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَا قُلْنَا لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) هَذِهِ الرِّيَاحُ وَ الظُّلَمُ الَّتِي تَكُونُ هَلْ يُصَلَّى لَهَا فَقَالَ كُلُّ أَخَاوِيفِ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ ظُلْمَةٍ أَوْ رِيحٍ أَوْ فَزَعٍ فَصَلِّ لَهُ صَلَاةَ الْكُسُوفِ حَتَّى يَسْكُنَ .

Hammad, from Hareyz, from Zurara and Muhammad Bin Muslim who both said, ‘We said to Abu Ja’far -asws , ‘These (strong) winds and the darkness which occur, should one pray Salāt for it?’ So he -asws said: ‘Every fear of the sky, from a darkness, or a wind, or a terror (earthquake), so pray Salāt for it, Salāt of the eclipse, until it settles’.

[3] Salat of Eclipse when its total is Obligatory even if not seen, if its partial then its not: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ وَقْتُ صَلَاةِ الْكُسُوفِ فِي السَّاعَةِ الَّتِي تَنْكَسِفُ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَ عِنْدَ غُرُوبِهَا قَالَ وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) هِيَ فَرِيضَةٌ.

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel Bin Darraj, (It has been narrated) Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘A time for Salāt of the eclipse among the timing when it eclipses, (if it occurs) at the emergence of the sun (sunrise), and at its setting (sunset)’. And Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘It is Obligatory’.

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