The eclipse prayer is indicative of striving to rescue the person indicated by the sun or moon. ShaykhShihaab-ud-Deen said: If he did Wudoo’ for the eclipse prayer, he will strive to rescue a prisoner serve one who is sick. A man told him that he had seen that in his dream and he asked him: Did you pray? He said: Yes. He said: You saved a drowning man. Another man dreamt that and he said to him:You tried to get someone who had been dismissed reinstated to his post. He said to another man: You tried to help someone get back to his country or his home. Another man said: I dreamt that the Pleiades.
were eclipse and I did the eclipse prayer for them. He said: You will strive to rescuea woman from hardship. Another man said: I dreamt that three stars in Orion were eclipsed and I did the eclipse prayer for them. He said: Your neighbor will go away and then come back.
