Thread by @Ubaidbinriyaz

@Hadithoftheday Solar eclipse.

Narrated Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba R.A:
The sun eclipsed in the lifetime of Allah's Messenger ﷺ on the day when (his son) Ibrahim died. +

@Hadithoftheday So the people said that the sun had eclipsed because of the death of Ibrahim.
Allah's Messenger ﷺ said," The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of the death or life (ie birth) of someone. When you see the eclipse pray and invoke Allah. " (Sahih Bukhari 1043)

@Hadithoftheday One should know that sun and moon don't eclipse because of death or birth of someone

The Prophet ﷺ said, The sun & moon do not eclipse because of the death of someone from the people but they are two signs amongst signs of Allah
When you see them stand up & pray (Bukhari-1041)

@Hadithoftheday Eclipses are signs from Allah by means of which Allah makes His slaves afraid. Allah says in Qur'an: And We sent not the signs except to warn, and to make them afraid (of destruction) [al-Israa 17:39]

@Hadithoftheday During the Jaahiliyyah (Pre Islamic era) , people used to believe that eclipses happened to mark the birth or death of a great person, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared this belief to be false and explained the divine wisdom behind the occurrence of eclipses +

@Hadithoftheday Ibn Masood al-Ansaari R.A said: The sun was eclipsed the day Ibraaheem the son of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died, and the people said, The sun is eclipsed because of the death of Ibraaheem. +

@Hadithoftheday The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The sun and the moon are two signs from Allah, and they do not become eclipsed for the death or the birth of anyone. If you see that, hasten to remember Allaah and to pray. (Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim)

@Hadithoftheday Allah causes eclipses to happen to these two mighty signs, the sun and the moon, to teach His slaves and show them that these things are created and are subject to imperfections and changes just like any other created entities. +

@Hadithoftheday Thus Allah shows them His perfect ability and that He alone is deserving of worship, as Allah says in Qur'an:
And from among His Signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. (Surah Fussilat)

@Hadithoftheday Prostrate yourselves not to the sun nor to the moon, but prostrate yourselves to Allah Who created them, if you (really) worship Him (Fussilat 41:37)

@Hadithoftheday Salaat al-Kusoof is the prayer for Eclipses. It is sunnah to pray Salaat al-Kusoof in jamaa'ah ( congregation).
The method of Salaat al-Kusoof is is to pray two Rakahs in which Qur'an is recited aloud (according to many scholars)

@Hadithoftheday The time for Salaat al-Kusoof lasts from the beginning of the eclipse until it is over, because the Prophet ﷺ said: When you see that, then pray. According to another hadeeth, If you see anything of that, then pray until it is over (Muslim).

@Hadithoftheday Salaat al-Kusoof should not be done once the eclipse is over, because the time has gone. If an eclipse ends before one knows about it, one does not have to pray, because the reason for this prayer is no longer there.