Eclipse Prayer (Salaat al-Kusoof)

The eclipse prayer is indicative of striving to rescue the personindicated by the sun or moon. Shaykh Shihaab-ud-Deen said: If he didWudoo' for the eclipse prayer, he will strive to rescue a prisoner orserve one who is sick. A man told him that he had seen that in his dreamand he asked him: Did you pray? He said: Yes. He said: You saved adrowning man. Another man dreamt that and he said to him: You triedto get someone who had been dismissed reinstated to his post. He saidto another man: You tried to help someone get back to his country orhis home. Another man said: I dreamt that the Pleiades were eclipsedand I did the eclipse prayer for them. He said: You will strive to rescuea woman from hardship. Another man said: I dreamt that three stars inOrion were eclipsed and I did the eclipse prayer for them. He said: Yourneighbor will go away and then come back.