Eclipse

 

During the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), there was a solar eclipse on the day that his son Ibrahim died. Some superstitious people said that the sun eclipsed because of the young child’s death and the Prophet’s sadness on that day. The Prophet corrected their understanding:

Narrated Al-Mughira bin Shu’ba: On the day of Ibrahim’s death, the sun eclipsed and the people said that the eclipse was due to the death of Ibrahim (the son of the Prophet). Allah’s Apostle said, “The sun and the moon are two signs amongst the signs of Allah. They do not eclipse because of someone’s death or life. So when you see them, invoke Allah and pray till the eclipse is clear.”

[Emile Dermenghem, The Life of Muhammad, P. 318]
“Muhammad had a son called Ibrahim from Mary the Coptic who died in infancy. Muhammad grieved after him so much. and buried him with his own hand and cried on him. in the meantime it happened that the sun eclipsed and Muslims said that it eclipsed for the death of Ibrahim, but Muhammad was lofty enough to say: “The sun and the moon are two signs of God and they do not eclipse for the death of anybody” such a statement can not be of a lying imposter. ”