If the duration of solar eclipse or lunar eclipse is equal...
If the duration of solar eclipse or lunar eclipse is equal to " less than the time required for offering one unit, the Signs Prayers being obligatory is based on precaution In case, however, the period of eclipse is more than that but a person does not offer the prayers till the time to offer one unit remains in the eclipse coming to an end, the offering of Signs prayers is obligatory and it should be offered with the intention of ado (in time). 1507.
When earthquake, thundering of the clouds, lightning and other similar things take place, a person should offer Signs Prayers immediately in such a manner that it may not be reckoned as delayed in the eyes of the people, and in case he delays offering the prayers he commits a sin, and on the basis 'f Precaution he should not make an intention of ada or qaza while offering the same. 1508.
If a person does not become aware of the sun or the " being eclipsed and comes to know after the eclipse comes to an end that the whole of the sun or the moon was eclipsed he should offer the lapsed Signs Prayers, but if he comes to know that it was only a partial eclipse, it is not obligatory for him to perform its lapsed prayers. 1509.
If some persons whose words cannot be relied upon My that the sun or the moon has been eclipsed, and if a person is not personally satisfied with what they say, and there is none among them, who may be reliable, and consequently that person does not offer the Signs Prayers, and it transpires later that what they said was true, the person should offer the Signs Prayers in the case of complete solar or lunar eclipse, but if a partial eclipse has taken place, it is not obligatory for him to offer the Signs Prayers.
And the same rule applies if two persons about whom it is not known as to whether they are 'Adil, say that the sun or the moon has been eclipsed and it transpires later that they were Aadil. 1510. If a person is satisfied with the statement of persons, who know the time of solar or lunar eclipse in accordance with the scientific rules, that the sun or the moon has been eclipsed he should, on the basis of obligatory precaution, offer Signs Prayers.
Moreover if such persons say that the sun or moon will be eclipsed at such and such time and the duration of the eclipse will be so much and a person is satisfied with what they say, he should, on the basis of obligatory precaution, act according to their statement. 1511.