Sahih Muslim: Book 10, Hadith 25 This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Isma’il with the same chain of transmitters and in the hadith narrated by Sufyan and Waki’ (the words are): ” The sun eclipsed on the day when Ibrahim died, and the people said: It has eclipsed on the death of […]
Sahih Muslim is one of the most authentic collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the Islamic scholar Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (821–875 CE). It is considered second only to Sahih al-Bukhari in terms of authenticity and is part of the “Sahihain,” the two most reliable hadith collections. Sahih Muslim meticulously gathers sayings, actions, and approvals of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) with a rigorous methodology that emphasizes the reliability of the chain of narrators. The collection covers a broad spectrum of Islamic jurisprudence, ethics, theology, and ritual practices, serving as a foundational reference for scholars and students of Islamic knowledge worldwide.
Book 10, The Book of Prayer for Eclipses, discusses the prayer to be performed during solar and lunar eclipses.
Sahih Muslim: Book 10, Hadith 26 Abu Musa reported: The sun eclipsed during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He stood in great anxiety fearing that it might be the Doomsday, till he came to the mosque. He stood up to pray with prolonged qiyam, ruku’, and prostration which I never saw him […]
Sahih Muslim: Book 10, Hadith 27 ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Samura said: During the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) I was shooting my arrows in Medina, when an eclipse of the sun took place. I, therefore, threw them away and said, I must see how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) acts in a solar eclipse today. […]
Sahih Muslim: Book 10, Hadith 28 ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Samura, who was one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: During the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) I was shooting some of my arrows in Medina, when the sun eclipsed. I threw (the arrows) and said: By Allah, I must see how […]
Sahih Muslim: Book 10, Hadith 29 ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Samura reported: I was shooting some of my arrows during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that the sun eclipsed. The rest of the hadith is the same. حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمُ بْنُ نُوحٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ، عَنْ حَيَّانَ بْنِ، عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ […]
Sahih Muslim: Book 10, Hadith 30 ‘Abdullah b. ‘Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed: Verily the sun and the moon do not eclipse on account of the death or life of anyone. They are in fact the signs among the signs of Allah. So when you see them, observe prayer. وَحَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ […]
Sahih Muslim: Book 10, Hadith 31 Ziyad b. ‘Ilaqa reported: I heard Mughira b. Shu’ba saying that the sun eclipsed during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the day when Ibrahim died. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Verily the sun and the moon are the two signs among the […]