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books of Hadith. One of these was recorded as
follows:
One day the Prophet came in great haste to
the mosque. At that time the sun was in
eclipse. The Prophet began to say his prayers
and, by the time he had finished, the eclipse
was over. Then, addressing the congregation,
he said that people imagined that the, sun and
moon went into eclipse at the death of some
important person, but that this was not true.
The eclipses of the sun and moon were not
due to the death of any human being. Both the
sun and the moon were just two of God’s
creations; with which He did as He willed. He
told them that when they saw an eclipse, they
should pray to God.
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When the whole of Arabia had come under the
domination of Islam, the Prophet made a farewell
Hajj pilgrimage in his last days, along with 1,25,000
companions. During this pilgrimage he delivered
his historic sermon on the plain of ‘Arafat which is
known as
Khutba Hajjatul Wida,
the sermon of the
farewell pilgrimage.
