Stargazers will have a chance tomorrow (Monday, April 8) to watch the only total solar eclipse of 2024 across United States, Canada, and Mexico.
The path of the total solar eclipse will cross North America from Mazatlán, Mexico, to the Newfoundland coast near Gander, Canada, The New York Times reported.
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Viewers outside the path of the total eclipse will see a partial eclipse, if the sky is clear.
Monday’s phenomenon has not taken place in the United States in seven years and astronomers say it will not take place again in the US for another two decades.
Solar Eclipse in Islam
Solar eclipse is the partial or total cutting off of the sun’s light when the moon comes between it and the earth.
Before Islam, people used to associate this unusual phenomenon with some superstitious reason. It happened that the sun eclipsed on the day the Prophet’s son Ibrahim died in Madinah, so some people attributed that to his death.
Hence, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) took the opportunity to correct the people’s mistaken notion about the solar eclipse saying,
“The sun and the moon are two signs of Allah; they are not eclipsed on account of anyone’s death or on account of anyone’s birth. So when you see them, glorify and supplicate Allah, observe the Prayer, give alms.”