Islam Question and Answer - Prayer during an Eclipse

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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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