Chapter on the Prayer of the Eclipse

Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub, from Al-Abbas ibn Ma’ruf, from Ali ibn Mahziyar, from Al-Husayn ibn Sa’id, from Abdillah ibn Amr, from Hammad ibn Uthman, from Jamil, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, who said: I asked Imam al-Sadiq عليه السلام about the earthquake (al-zalzalah). Imam عليه السلام said: “My father عليه السلام informed me from his father عليه السلام, from his forefathers عليه السلام, peace be upon them, who said that the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, said: ‘Indeed, when Dhul-Qarnayn reached the barrier, he passed beyond it and entered into the darkness. There he came upon an angel standing, whose height was five hundred cubits. The angel said to him: “O Dhul-Qarnayn, was there no path behind you?” Dhul-Qarnayn said to him: “And who are you?” He (the angel) replied: “I am an angel from the angels of the All-Merciful, appointed over this mountain. There is no mountain that Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Mighty and Majestic, has created except that it has a root connected to this mountain. So when Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Mighty and Majestic, wills to shake a city, He عز وجل reveals to me, and I shake it.”