LessonsEclipse Prayers: Solar and Lunar RulingsQuiz

Hanafi method: one bowing per rak‘ah, two in total.

Al-Shafi‘i: two bowings in each rak‘ah, four in total.

Reports describing renewed standing and a second bowing in each unit support the Shafi‘i method; reports describing a single bowing per unit support the Hanafi method.

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One bowing or two: the juristic difference

Eclipse Prayers: Solar and Lunar Rulings

Hanafi method: one bowing per rak‘ah, two in total.

Al-Shafi‘i: two bowings in each rak‘ah, four in total.

Reports describing renewed standing and a second bowing in each unit support the Shafi‘i method; reports describing a single bowing per unit support the Hanafi method.