LessonsEclipse Prayers: Solar and Lunar RulingsQuiz

Solar eclipse: two units with the recognized congregational leader, prolonged recitation, and subsequent supplication.

Lunar eclipse: each person prays independently under the stated Hanafi ruling.

The difference concerns the congregational procedure, not whether eclipses are divine signs calling for prayer.

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Solar versus lunar rulings

Eclipse Prayers: Solar and Lunar Rulings

Solar eclipse: two units with the recognized congregational leader, prolonged recitation, and subsequent supplication.

Lunar eclipse: each person prays independently under the stated Hanafi ruling.

The difference concerns the congregational procedure, not whether eclipses are divine signs calling for prayer.