3. MUSLIM CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE

~ 143 ~ books of Hadith. One of these was recorded as follows: One day the Prophet came in great haste to the mosque. At that time the sun was in eclipse. The Prophet began to say his prayers and, by the time he had finished, the eclipse was over. Then, addressing the congregation, he said that people imagined that the, sun and moon went into eclipse at the death of some important person, but that this was not true. The eclipses of the sun and moon were not due to the death of any human being. Both the sun and the moon were just two of God’s creations; with which He did as He willed. He told them that when they saw an eclipse, they should pray to God. 73 When the whole of Arabia had come under the domination of Islam, the Prophet made a farewell Hajj pilgrimage in his last days, along with 1,25,000 companions. During this pilgrimage he delivered his historic sermon on the plain of ‘Arafat which is known as Khutba Hajjatul Wida, the sermon of the farewell pilgrimage.