410 – Al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: “The sun was eclipsed in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day Ibrāhīm died. People then said, ‘The sun has been eclipsed because of Ibrāhīm’s death.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘The sun and the moon are two of Allah’s signs; they are not eclipsed because of anyone’s death or life. Whenever you see either of them, supplicate Allah and perform the prayer until it clears.’ ” Agreed upon.

In another wording preserved by al-Bukhārī: “until it becomes completely clear.” ⦗1⦘

Al-Bukhārī also relates, in the narration of Abū Bakrah: “So pray and call upon Allah until what afflicts you is lifted.” ⦗2⦘

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Vocabulary of the ḥadith
• inkasafat al-shams (the sun was eclipsed): One may also say kasafat al-shams; both carry the same meaning. This eclipse occurred on the twenty-ninth of Shawwāl in the tenth year AH, when the sun darkened and its light disappeared.
• Ibrāhīm: The Prophet’s ﷺ son, born to his bondwoman Māriyah the Copt, whom al-Muqawqis, the ruler of Alexandria, had sent as a gift. He was born in Dhū’l-Ḥijjah of the eighth year AH and lived for eighteen months.
• āyatan (dual of āyah, “sign,” plural āyāt): the two luminaries are signs by which Allah frightens His servants and which attest to the perfection of His power.