Hazrat Mariyah Qibtiyyah — Page 20
20 HADRAT MARIYAH QIBTIYYAH the death of a person, instead they are two of the many signs of the existence of Allah the Almighty. When you see them, pray and prostrate before Allah the Almighty. ” 12 That is why all Muslims are told to gather in a mosque or an open field and offer two rak‘ a t of prayer whenever a lunar or a solar eclipse takes place. The speciality of this prayer is that in each rak ‘ at there are two ruk u ‘. It is called the Prayer of Kus u f (for solar eclipse) and the Prayer of Khus u f (for lunar eclipse). In this way Hadrat M a riyah Qib t iyyah ra received an additional honour, as the demise of her beloved son became the cause for removing this false superstition.