Solar Eclipse Monday, April 8th

Solar Eclipse Monday, April 8th

Salaam Alaikum,

Please note that there will be a solar eclipse on Monday, April 8th, starting at 12:49 p.m.

Starts: 12:49 p.m
Maximum point in Minneapolis: 2:02 p.m.
Ends: 3:14 p.m.

Inshallah, we will recite Namaz-e-Ayaat in the Imambargha, followed by Dhuhr Salaat for those who wish to attend.

Monday 4/8 - Salaat al Ayaat
1:00 PM Salaat al Ayaat
1:15 PM Dhuhr Salaat

Namaz Ayat

The time of Namaz-e-Ayaat sets in as the eclipse starts, and remains till the eclipse is over. It is better, however, not to delay till the reversal of eclipse commences, though completion of Namaz-e-Ayaat may coincide with the time of reversal.

If a person delays offering of Namaz-e-Ayaat till the sun or the moon starts coming out of eclipse, the niyyat of Ada (i.e. praying within time) will be in order, but if he offers the prayers after the eclipse is over, he should make a niyyat of qadha.

Namaz-e-Ayaat consists of two Rak'ats, and there are five Ruku in each. Its method is as follows: After making niyyat of offering the prayers, one should say takbir (Allahu Akbar) and recite Surah al-Hamd and the other Surah, and then perform the Ruku. Thereafter, he should stand and recite Surah al-Hamd and a Surah and then perform another Ruku. He should repeat this action five times, and, when he stands after the fifth Ruku, he should perform two Sajdah, and then stand up to perform the second Rak'at in the same manner as he has done in the first. Then he should recite tashahhud and Salam.

Anjuaman-e-Asghari