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On Mon 16 May, 2022, a total lunar eclipse will be visible in the UK, when the entire moon will turn red (a blood moon)
In London, Namaz e Ayat will be wajib between 03:27am and 05:07am, when the moon is in the umbral shadow of the Earth
The London timings, sourced from the Royal Greenwich Observatory website, will be as follows:
02:32am
The moon, low in the south west, will begin to enter the Earth's partial (penumbral) shadow and will begin to darken
03:27am
The moon, very low in the south west, will begin to enter the Earth's full (umbral) shadow and will begin to darken considerably
04:29am
Full eclipse begins. The moon, very low in the southwest, will completely enter the Earth’s shadow and will start to turn red
05:06am
This is the time when the moon is at maximum eclipse in London. It is still above the horizon
05:07am
Sunrise in London
05:10am
The moon sets in London and is no longer visible. The combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase makes the moon so dim before it sets that it might disappear from view some time before it sets
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1504. The time of Namaz-e-Ayaat sets in as the eclipse starts, and remains till the eclipse is over. It is better, however, not to delay till the reversal of eclipse commences, though completion of Namaz-e-Ayaat may coincide with the time of reversal.
http://najaf.org/english/code/201?id=64
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When the Eclipse Happens Worldwide — Timeline
Lunar eclipses can be visible from everywhere on the night side of the Earth, if the sky is clear. From some places the entire eclipse will be visible, while in other areas the Moon will rise or set during the eclipse.
| Event | UTC Time | Time in London* | Visible in London |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penumbral Eclipse begins | 16 May, 01:32:05 | 16 May, 02:32:05 | Yes |
| Partial Eclipse begins | 16 May, 02:27:52 | 16 May, 03:27:52 | Yes |
| Full Eclipse begins | 16 May, 03:29:03 | 16 May, 04:29:03 | Yes |
| Maximum Eclipse | 16 May, 04:11:28 | 16 May, 05:11:28 | No, below the horizon |
| Full Eclipse ends | 16 May, 04:53:55 | 16 May, 05:53:55 | No, below the horizon |
| Partial Eclipse ends | 16 May, 05:55:07 | 16 May, 06:55:07 | No, below the horizon |
| Penumbral Eclipse ends | 16 May, 06:50:49 | 16 May, 07:50:49 | No, below the horizon |
* The Moon is below the horizon in London some of the time, so that part of the eclipse is not visible.
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16 May 2022 total lunar eclipse
On 16 May 2022 a total lunar eclipse will be visible over South America, most of North America and parts of Europe and Africa.
People in the UK will not be able to see every part of the eclipse, but will still be able to see the lunar eclipse at totality when the entire Moon turns red.
The Moon will start to enter the Earth’s shadow just after 2.30am BST, and the full eclipse will occur just before 4.30am.
The entire eclipse lasts for more than five hours, ending at 7.50am. However, observers in the UK will only be able to see the eclipse from 2.32am – 5.10am as the Moon will have set below the horizon by the end of this period.
The optimal viewing time to see the eclipse is between 4.29am and 5.06am. This is the period of totality in London, where the Moon lies entirely in the Earth’s umbra (full shadow) appearing red. The whole of the Moon will still be visible.
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Calendars : Prayer Times
https://shialinks.blogspot.com/2021/12/calendar-shia-islam-2022.html
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https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2022-may-16
Lunar Eclipse
MONDAY 16th May 2022 Early Morning ( UK ) Refer to above table for timings.
TOTAL Lunar eclipse [also known as a blood moon]
https://www.rmg.co.uk/
LIVE Stream: Total Lunar Eclipse:- https://www.timeanddate.com/
Salaatul Ayaat: https://www.sistani.org/
Ruling 1474. The time for performing ṣalāt al-āyāt for a solar or lunar eclipse commences from the moment the eclipse begins, and it continues until the sun or the moon goes back to its normal state (although it is better not to delay the prayer until the eclipse starts to reverse). However, completing ṣalāt al-āyāt can be delayed until after the eclipse is over.(1)
Ruling 1475. If a person delays performing ṣalāt al-āyāt until the eclipse begins to reverse, there is no problem if he performs it with the intention of adāʾ. However, once the eclipse is over, the prayer becomes qaḍāʾ.
Salaat Ayat - Shortened version:- Ruling 1487; https://www.sistani.org/
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Maulana Sadiq Hasan - Namaz-e-Ayaat
Salaatul 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.
Salaatul Ayaat can also be offered in the following manner:
After one has made the intention of performing the prayer (niyyat), he says takbīr and recites Sūrat al Ḥamd; then, he can divide the verses of the other surah into five parts and recite one verse or more, or even less, provided that – based on obligatory precaution – it is a complete sentence. He must start from the beginning of the surah and must not suffice with reciting bismillāh [on its own and count that as one verse]. Then, he goes into rukūʿ, raises his head, and without reciting Sūrat al Ḥamd he recites the second part of the other surah. He then goes into rukūʿ again, and so on until he completes the other surah before he goes into the fifth rukūʿ
For example,
he may say: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, Qul a'oothu birabbilfalaq, and perform the Ruku.
He should then stand up and say, Min sharri ma khalaq, and perform another Ruku.
He should then stand up and say, Wamin sharri ghasiqin itha waqab, and perform the third Ruku.
Thereafter he should stand up again and say,Wamin sharri-nnaffathati feel'uqad, and perform the fourth Ruku.
Then he should stand up again and say, Wamin sharri hasidin itha hasad, and then perform the fifth ruku
before standing and going to 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 Salaam after the two Sajdah.
When the prayer is about to start, someone should call
out : As-Salat ( the prayer ) three times instead of the
adhan and the iqama.
The intention to perform the prayer for unusual natural
events should include the specification as to whether the
prayer is in time ( ada’) or in ( qada ) . The hands are
raised to the ears and the opening takbir is pronounced.
There are two ways of performing the prayer for unusual
events :
the longer ,
and the shorter.
In the longer way the worshipper should first recite the
sura al-Fatiha, then another sura , following which the
first ruku is performed.
Then after the worshipper has
risen, the sura al-Fatiha is recited, then another sura,
then a qunut, and then the second ruku.
This is repeated
three more times, with a recommended qunut again before
the fourth ruku. After the fifth ruku , the worshipper
rises and says :
Sami a llahu li-man hamida-h
God hears the one who praises him
and then begins the sajda.
The two sajdas should be performed in the usual manner,
and after them the worshipper rises to begin the second
raka, whose five ruku are performed in the same way as
those in the first rakat. The reciting of the qunut is
recommended before the first , third, and fifth ruku of
the second raka. After the last ruku, the two sajdas are
performed and the tashahhud and salam recited in the
usual manner , and the prayer is finished.
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The shorter way to perform the prayer for unusual natural
events begins with the solemn intention and taqbir as in
the longer way.
Namaz-e-Ayaat
1500. Namaz-e-Ayaat whose methods will be explained later, becomes obligatory due the following four things:
Solar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
The prayer becomes Wajib even if the moon or the sun are partially eclipsed, and even if they do not engender any fear.
Earthquake, as an obligatory precaution, even if no one is frightened.
Thunder and lightning, red and black cyclone and other similar celestial phenomena, which frightens most of the people; similarly for the terrestrial events like receding sea water, or falling mountains which engender fear in these circumstances, as per recommended precaution, Namaz-e-Ayaat be offered.
1501. If several events which make Namaz-e-Ayaat obligatory occur together, one should offer Namaz-e-Ayaat for each of them. For example, if solar eclipse as well as an earthquake take place, one should offer separate Namaz-e-Ayaat for each of these two occurrences.
1502. If a number of qadha Namaz-e-Ayaat is obligatory on a person, irrespective of whether they have become obligatory due to one and the same thing, like, solar eclipse occurring three times, or due to different events like solar eclipse, lunar eclipse and earthquake, it is not necessary for him while offering the qadha prayers to specify the event for which he is offering the prayer.
1503. Offering of Namaz-e-Ayaat is obligatory for the residents of only that town in which the event takes place. It is not obligatory for the people of other towns.
1504. The time of Namaz-e-Ayaat sets in as the eclipse starts, and remains till the eclipse is over. It is better, however, not to delay till the reversal of eclipse commences, though completion of Namaz-e-Ayaat may coincide with the time of reversal.
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.
1506. If the duration of solar or lunar eclipse allows time for one or less Rak'at, Namaz-e-Ayaat can be offered with the niyyat of Ada. Similarly, if a person has enough duration of eclipse at his disposal, but he delays till the time to offer one Rak'at remains before the eclipse is over, he will pray with the niyyat of Ada (i.e. within time).
1507. When earthquake, thunder lightning and other similar events take place, a person should offer Namaz-e-Ayaat immediately, not allowing undue delay. But if these occurrences continue for a protracted time, praying immediately is not obligatory. If one delays when one should not, then, as per recommended precaution, Namaz-e-Ayaat should be offered without the niyyat of ada or 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.
1509. If certain people say that the sun or the moon has been eclipsed, but a person hearing that is not satisfied with what they say, and consequently does not offer Namaz-e-Ayaat, if it transpires later that what they said was true, the person should offer Namaz-e-Ayaat if it was a total eclipse.
And if it was a partial eclipse, it is not obligatory upon him to offer Namaz-e-Ayaat. The same rule applies if two persons who he does not consider Adil, say that the sun or the moon has been eclipsed and it transpires later that they are Adil''.
1510. If a person is satisfied with the statement of persons who know the time of solar or lunar eclipse according to scientific calculation, he should pray Namaz-e-Ayaat. Also, if they inform him that the sun or moon will be eclipsed at a particular time, and give him the duration of the eclipse, he should accept their words and act accordingly, provided he is fully satisfied with them.
1511. If a person realises that Namaz-e-Ayaat offered by him was void, he should offer it again. And if the time has passed, he should offer its qadha.
1512. If Namaz-e-Ayaat becomes obligatory on a person at the time of daily prayers, and if he has enough time at his disposal for both, he can offer any of them first. If the time for one of them is short, he should offer that prayers first, and if the time for both of them is short, he should offer the daily prayers first.
1513. If a person realises during the daily prayers that the time for Namaz-e-Ayaat is short, and if the time for daily prayers is also short, he should complete the daily prayers and then offer Namaz-e-Ayaat. But if the time for daily prayers is not short, he should break that prayers and first offer Namaz-e-Ayaat and then offer the daily prayers.
1514. If a person realises while offering Namaz-e-Ayaat, that the time for daily prayers is short, he should leave Namaz-e-Ayaat and start offering the daily prayers. After completing the daily prayers, and before performing any act which invalidates the prayers, he should start Namaz-e-Ayaat from where he left.
1515. If solar or lunar eclipse, thunder, lightning or any other similar events take place when a woman is in her menses or nifas, it will not be obligatory for her to offer Namaz-e-Ayaat, nor is there any qadha upon her.
http://najaf.org/english/code/201?id=65
Method of offering 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.
1519. The things which are obligatory and Mustahab in daily prayers are also obligatory and Mustahab in Namaz-e-Ayaat. However, if Namaz-e-Ayaat is offered in congregation, one may say 'As-salaat' three times in place of Adhan and Iqamah. If the prayer is not being offered in congregation, it is not necessary to say anything.
1520. It is Mustahab that the person offering Namaz-e-Ayaat should say takbir before and after Ruku, and after the fifth and tenth Ruku he should say Sami'allahu liman hamida before takbir.
1521. It is Mustahab that qunut be recited before the second, fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth Ruku, but it will be sufficient if qunut is recited only before the tenth Ruku.
1522. If a person doubts as to how many Rak'ats he has offered in Namaz-e-Ayaat, and is unable to arrive at any decision, his prayer is void.
1523. If a person doubts whether he is in the last Ruku of the first Rak'at, or in the first Ruku of the second Rak'at, and he cannot arrive at any decision, his Namaz-e-Ayaat is void. But if he doubts whether he has performed four Ruku or five, and if the doubt takes place before he goes into Sajdah, he should perform the Ruku about which he is doubtful. But if he has reached the stage of Sajdah, he should ignore his doubt.
1524. Every Ruku of Namaz-e-Ayaat is a Rukn, and if any addition or deduction takes place in them, the prayer is void. Similarly, if an omission takes place inadvertently, or, as a precaution, an addition is made to it unintentionally, the prayers will be void.
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