Information on Namaz e Ayaat for Solar Eclipse : FRI: 2010 January 15
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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php
2. Celestial celebrations
For millions, the event signified a spiritual, solemn time. Muslim clerics called for special Shiite 'namaz-e ayat,' prayers offered at times of natural phenomena to celebrate God's glory and power.
Muslim tradition holds that the prophet Mohammed, the founder of Islam, prayed for the duration of an eclipse
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Information on Namaz e Ayaat for Solar Eclipse - When ? Annular Eclipse of the FRIDAY: 2010 January 15 |
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Where ?
Click on the below link & Select the location on the map to check
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2010Jan15Agoogle2.html
As an Example it will show as below: (below given table is just an example of Mumbai)
========================================================================================| Lat.: 18.979° N Long.: 72.7734° E |
Partial Solar Eclipse Magnitude: 0.644 |
| Event | Date | Time (UT) | MUM (UTC+05:30) | Alt | Azi |
| Start of partial eclipse (C1) : | 2010/01/15 |
05:46:34.5 | - [11:16 AM] |
044° | 149.7° |
| Maximum eclipse : | 2010/01/15 |
07:47:59.7 | - [13:17 PM] |
049.2° | 190.7° |
| End of partial eclipse (C4) : | 2010/01/15 |
09:34:21.1 | - [15:04 PM] |
037.9° | 221.4° |
The time for Namaz-e-Ayat begins with the beginning of the visible eclipse until the end of the visible eclipse for your particular area. The timings given above are approximate timings based on astronomical data. Mu'mineen are advised to verify these timings before embarking upon recital of Namaz e Ayaat.
1516. 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.
1517. * Namaz-e-Ayaat can also be offered in the following manner:
After making niyyat to offer Namaz-e-Ayaat, a person is allowed to say takbir and recite Surah al-Hamd and then divide the verses of the other Surah into five parts, and recite one verse or more or less, and thereafter perform the Ruku. He should then stand up and recite another part of the Surah (without reciting Surah al-Hamd) and then perform another Ruku. He should repeat this action, and finish that Surah before performing the fifth Ruku. For example, he may say: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim with the niyyat of reciting Surah al-Ikhlas, and perform the Ruku. He should then stand up and say, Qul huwallahu Ahad, and perform another Ruku. He should then stand up and say, Allahus Samad, and perform the third Ruku. Thereafter he should stand up again and say, Lam yalid walam yulad, and perform the fourth Ruku. Then he should stand up again and say, Walam yakullahu Kufuwan ahad, and then perform two Sajdah and then rise for the second Rak'at, the same way as the first Rak'at. At the end, he should recite tashahhud and Salam after the two Sajdah.
It is also permissible to divide a Surah into less than five parts. In that event, however, it is necessary that when the Surah is over, one should recite Surah al-Hamd before the next Ruku.
1518. There is no harm if in one Rak'at of Namaz-e-Ayaat, a person after Surah Al Hamd recites another Surah five times, and in the second Rak'at recites Surah Al Hamd, and divides the other Surah into five parts.
You may access some useful masail related to the performance of Namaz-e-Ayat: http://www.al-islam.org/laws/ayaat.html
We would like to draw your attention to two particular rulings:
1505. 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.
1508. If a person did not know about the sun or the moon eclipse, and came to know after the eclipse was over, he should give its qadha if it was a total eclipse. And if he comes to know that the eclipse was partial, qadha will not be obligatory.
Fighting about ignorance and weakness:
Abraham was a favorite son of the Holy Prophet from Mariah Qibtiah. He died when he was 18 months of age. The Holy Prophet, a very sentimental man, burst into tears, saying: "O, Abraham, our heart is broken and we shed tears in sorrow for you. But we can never utter a word against God's will." All the Muslims were touched seeing the Holy Prophet mourning. Accidentally, there was an eclipse of the sun right on the day of Abraham's death. The Muslims attributed it to a harmony between the world, the earth and the Holy Prophet. They attributed the eclipse of the sun to the death of the Holy Prophet's son.
This, of course, does not matter in itself. Even the whole world may get upset for the sake of the Holy Prophet. Thus, rumor took wings, and all men and women of Medina attributed the Sun's eclipse to the sorrow that rested in the Prophet's heart. Consequently, their faith in the Holy Prophet became stronger. The Holy Prophet however, did not want to take advantage of people's ignorance and weakness; he was willing to use only strong points, their knowledge and intellect while calling them to Islam, because the Holy Quran had ordered him:
"Call to the way of your lord with wisdom and fair, admonition, and have disputations with them in the best manner."
He didn't want to realize his goals through any possible means. So he mounted the pulpit and told the people: "The eclipse of the sun is not for my son." Thus, he rejected this illogical reasoning. He would not take advantage of such reasoning by remaining silent because in Islam, there is no room for such cunning acts. Such means are resorted to by those whose religion is not based on logic, nor on clear evidence. Secondly, those who take advantage of such tricks finally land into trouble. As goes the famous proverb, you can fool some people all the time and you can fool all the people for sometime, but you can't fool all the people all the time. Thirdly, God does not allow man to do so. To attain the right, one should use the right means. Bringing right and wrong together will ruin the former. Right vanishes when wrong moves in--
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