Qatar’s Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs — Awqaf — announced that worshippers performed the Eclipse Prayer (Salat Al Khusuf) in mosques across the country.

The lunar eclipse began at 8:30pm on Sunday and lasted approximately 1 hour and 22 minutes. The Ministry had said that the Eclipse Prayer is a confirmed Sunnah, extending from the start of the eclipse until its end.

In a statement on Sunday, the ministry recalled the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) practice of praying during solar and lunar eclipses, as he said:

“The sun and the moon are two signs among the signs of Allah; they do not eclipse because of the death or life of anyone. So when you see them, invoke Allah and pray until it is over.”

In this regard, Sheikh Subaih Al Marri from Awqaf emphasized that the cosmic phenomena like solar and lunar eclipses, earthquakes, and droughts are not punishments for the death or life of any individual, but rather signs from Allah Almighty, intended to remind and warn humanity.

Al Marri pointed out that a true believer always resorts to prayer at all times, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did. He considered prayer to be the greatest means of returning back to Allah and getting closer to Him when facing any cosmic event or circumstance that causes fear and panic.

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