59. Beginning of Creation

٥٩۔ كتاب بدء الخلق

59.4 Characteristic of the sun and the moon

٥٩۔٤ باب صِفَةِ الشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ

[Machine] {بِحُسْبَانٍ} means "by calculation" or "by estimation".

قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ: كَحُسْبَانِ الرَّحَى means "Mujahid said: like the estimation of a stone throw."

وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ: بِحِسَابٍ وَمَنَازِلَ لاَ يَعْدُوَانِهَا means "And others said: by calculation and stages that cannot be measured."

حُسْبَانٌ جَمَاعَةُ حِسَابٍ مِثْلُ شِهَابٍ وَشُهْبَانٍ means "Husban is a grouping of calculations like comets and meteor showers."

{ضُحَاهَا} ضَوْؤُهَا means "its illumination".

{أَنْ تُدْرِكَ الْقَمَرَ} لاَ يَسْتُرُ ضَوْءُ أَحَدِهِمَا ضَوْءَ الآخَرِ، وَلاَ يَنْبَغِي لَهُمَا ذَلِكَ means "to reach the moon without one's light obscuring the other's light, and it is not appropriate for them to do so."

{سَابِقُ النَّهَارِ} يَتَطَالَبَانِ حَثِيثَانِ means "preceding the day, they compete intensely."

نَسْلَخُ نُخْرِجُ أَحَدَهُمَا مِنَ الآخَرِ، وَنُجْرِي كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا، وَاهِيَةٌ وَهْيُهَا تَشَقُّقُهَا means "we separate one of them from the other, and each one glides and cracks."

أَرْجَائِهَا مَا لَمْ يَنْشَقَّ مِنْهَا فَهْيَ عَلَى حَافَتَيْهِ، كَقَوْلِكَ عَلَى أَرْجَاءِ الْبِئْرِ {أَغْطَشَ} وَ{جَنَّ} أَظْلَمَ means "its edges remain intact as long as it doesn't crack, just like when you say about the edge of the well, 'it is dark and impenetrable.'"

وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ: {كُوِّرَتْ} تُكَوَّرُ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ ضَوْؤُهَا means "And Al-Hasan said, 'It curls up until its light disappears.'"

{وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ} جَمَعَ مِنْ دَابَّةٍ {اتَّسَقَ} اسْتَوَى means "And by the night and what it covers (of the earth's surface), it is gathered from a creature that gathers, it encompasses."

{بُرُوجًا} مَنَازِلَ الشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ means "constellations, the stages of the sun and the moon."

الْحَرُورُ بِالنَّهَارِ مَعَ الشَّمْسِ means "heat during the day with the sun."

وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: وَرُؤْبَةُ الْحَرُورُ بِاللَّيْلِ، وَالسَّمُومُ بِالنَّهَارِ يُقَالُ يُولِجُ يُكَوِّرُ means "Ibn Abbas said: the coolness of the night and the poison during the day are said to descend and curl up."

{وَلِيجَةً} كُلُّ شَيْءٍ أَدْخَلْتُهُ فِي شَيْءٍ means "And 'Layer' is everything that I put into something."

{بِحُسْبَانٍ} قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ: كَحُسْبَانِ الرَّحَى، وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ: بِحِسَابٍ وَمَنَازِلَ لاَ يَعْدُوَانِهَا. حُسْبَانٌ جَمَاعَةُ حِسَابٍ مِثْلُ شِهَابٍ وَشُهْبَانٍ. {ضُحَاهَا} ضَوْؤُهَا. {أَنْ تُدْرِكَ الْقَمَرَ} لاَ يَسْتُرُ ضَوْءُ أَحَدِهِمَا ضَوْءَ الآخَرِ، وَلاَ يَنْبَغِي لَهُمَا ذَلِكَ. {سَابِقُ النَّهَارِ} يَتَطَالَبَانِ حَثِيثَانِ. نَسْلَخُ نُخْرِجُ أَحَدَهُمَا مِنَ الآخَرِ، وَنُجْرِي كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا، وَاهِيَةٌ وَهْيُهَا تَشَقُّقُهَا. أَرْجَائِهَا مَا لَمْ يَنْشَقَّ مِنْهَا فَهْيَ عَلَى حَافَتَيْهِ، كَقَوْلِكَ عَلَى أَرْجَاءِ الْبِئْرِ {أَغْطَشَ} وَ{جَنَّ} أَظْلَمَ وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ: {كُوِّرَتْ} تُكَوَّرُ حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ ضَوْؤُهَا، {وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ} جَمَعَ مِنْ دَابَّةٍ {اتَّسَقَ} اسْتَوَى. {بُرُوجًا} مَنَازِلَ الشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ. الْحَرُورُ بِالنَّهَارِ مَعَ الشَّمْسِ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: وَرُؤْبَةُ الْحَرُورُ بِاللَّيْلِ، وَالسَّمُومُ بِالنَّهَارِ يُقَالُ يُولِجُ يُكَوِّرُ. {وَلِيجَةً} كُلُّ شَيْءٍ أَدْخَلْتُهُ فِي شَيْءٍ.

bukhari:3199Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Ibrāhīm al-Taymī from his father > Abū Dhar

The Prophet ﷺ asked me at sunset, "Do you know where the sun goes (at the time of sunset)?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "It goes (i.e. travels) till it prostrates Itself underneath the Throne and takes the permission to rise again, and it is permitted and then (a time will come when) it will be about to prostrate itself but its prostration will not be accepted, and it will ask permission to go on its course but it will not be permitted, but it will be ordered to return whence it has come and so it will rise in the west. And that is the interpretation of the Statement of Allah: "And the sun Runs its fixed course For a term (decreed). that is The Decree of (Allah) The Exalted in Might, The All- Knowing." (36.38)  

البخاري:٣١٩٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لأَبِي ذَرٍّ حِينَ غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ تَدْرِي أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا تَذْهَبُ حَتَّى تَسْجُدَ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ فَتَسْتَأْذِنَ فَيُؤْذَنَ لَهَا وَيُوشِكُ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ فَلاَ يُقْبَلَ مِنْهَا وَتَسْتَأْذِنَ فَلاَ يُؤْذَنَ لَهَا يُقَالُ لَهَا ارْجِعِي مِنْ حَيْثُ جِئْتِ فَتَطْلُعُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى {وَالشَّمْسُ تَجْرِي لِمُسْتَقَرٍّ لَهَا ذَلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ }  

bukhari:3200Musaddad > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Mukhtār > ʿAbdullāh al-Dānāj > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The sun and the moon will be folded up (deprived of their light) on the Day of Resurrection."  

البخاري:٣٢٠٠حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْمُخْتَارِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ الدَّانَاجُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ مُكَوَّرَانِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ  

bukhari:3201Yaḥyá b. Sulaymān > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. al-Qāsim from his father > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of someone's death or life (i.e. birth), but they are two signs amongst the Signs of Allah. So, if you see them (i.e. eclipse) offer the (eclipse) prayer.  

البخاري:٣٢٠١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُخْبِرُ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لاَ يَخْسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلاَ لِحَيَاتِهِ وَلَكِنَّهُمَا آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمَا فَصَلُّوا  

bukhari:3202Ismāʿīl b. Abū Ūways > Mālik > Zayd b. Aslam > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The sun and the moon are two signs amongst the Signs of Allah. They do not eclipse because of someone's death or life. So, if you see them (i.e. eclipse), celebrate the Praises of Allah (i.e. pray).  

البخاري:٣٢٠٢حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ لاَ يَخْسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلاَ لِحَيَاتِهِ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ ذَلِكَ فَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ  

bukhari:3203Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > al-Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

On the day of a solar eclipse, Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up (to offer the eclipse prayer). He recited Takbir, recited a long recitation (of Holy Verses), bowed a long bowing, and then he raised h is head saying. "Allah hears him who sends his praises to Him." Then he stayed standing, recited a long recitation again, but shorter than the former, bowed a long bowing, but shorter than the first, performed a long prostration and then performed the second rakʿa in the same way as he had done the first. By the time he had finished his prayer with Taslim, the solar eclipse had been over. Then he addressed the people referring to the solar and lunar eclipses saying, "These are two signs amongst the Signs of Allah, and they do not eclipse because of anyone's death or life. So, if you see them, hasten for the Prayer."  

البخاري:٣٢٠٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَخْبَرَتْهُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ خَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ قَامَ فَكَبَّرَ وَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً طَوِيلَةً ثُمَّ رَكَعَ رُكُوعًا طَوِيلاً ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ وَقَامَ كَمَا هُوَ فَقَرَأَ قِرَاءَةً طَوِيلَةً وَهْىَ أَدْنَى مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ الأُولَى ثُمَّ رَكَعَ رُكُوعًا طَوِيلاً وَهْىَ أَدْنَى مِنَ الرَّكْعَةِ الأُولَى ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سُجُودًا طَوِيلاً ثُمَّ فَعَلَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الآخِرَةِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ وَقَدْ تَجَلَّتِ الشَّمْسُ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ فِي كُسُوفِ الشَّمْسِ وَالْقَمَرِ إِنَّهُمَا آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ لاَ يَخْسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلاَ لِحَيَاتِهِ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمَا فَافْزَعُوا إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ  

bukhari:3204Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá > Ismāʿīl > Qays > Abū Masʿūd

The Prophet ﷺ said, "the sun and the moon do not eclipse because of the death or life of someone, but they are two signs amongst the Signs of Allah. So, if you see them, offer the Prayer (of eclipse).  

البخاري:٣٢٠٤حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ لاَ يَنْكَسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلاَ لِحَيَاتِهِ وَلَكِنَّهُمَا آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمَا فَصَلُّوا