Islam Question and Answer - Prayer during an Eclipse

» Ruling on gathering to eat, offer condolences and recite Qur’aan together.

» Getting a civil divorce to avoid prison for the husband who has another wife.

» Will the members of a family all be together in Paradise?.

» Her mother is in love with her husband’s brother and she is the one who writes the love letters for her!.

» He wants to share out his money between his two young daughters because he fears that his heirs will be unjust to them.

» It is permissible to wipe over the khuffayn with a cloth or for someone else to wipe them.

» If the zaani (fornicator) admits to paternity of his illegitimate child, should the child be attributed to him?.

» Is it permissible to lie to kaafirs?.

» He is affected by waswaas and swore: “If I get carried away with it again, I will be a kaafir”.

» His parents want to separate, and each of them wants him to be on their side.

Prayer during an Eclipse

1		If an eclipse is a natural phenomenon, then why should we feel scared and pray?.	5901
2		The eclipse prayer is prescribed when one sees an eclipse, not when one hears news of an eclipse from the astronomers.	20368
3		catch up with the eclipse prayer in the second rukoo’ of the first rak’ah.	6309
4		The call to the eclipse prayer should be made by saying “Al-Salaatu jaami’ah” .	9954
5		He missed Fajr prayer and found the congregation offering the eclipse prayer.	66105
6		Eclipse prayer after dawn.	65719
7		If the sun gets eclipsed at the time of Salaat al-‘Asr.	6124

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