Is the eclipse prayer valid if I prayed two rak'ahs and two prostrations, being ignorant that it consists of four rak'ahs and four prostrations?
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The eclipse prayer is valid. Most scholars consider it legislated for the moon, and Ibn Abbas performed it, and this was the view of Ata, Al-Hasan, Al-Nakha'i, Al-Shafi'i, and Ishaq. Malik and Abu Hanifa said that people should pray individually for a lunar eclipse, two rak'ahs at a time, and not pray it in congregation.
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