The sun's Stillness

يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا أَصْغَرَ جُثَّتَكَ وَ أَعْضَلَ مَسْأَلَتَكَ وَ إِنَّكَ لَأَهْلٌ لِلْجَوَابِ إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ إِذَا طَلَعَتْ جَذَبَهَا سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَخَذَ بِكُلِّ شُعَاعٍ مِنْهَا خَمْسَةُ آلَافٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَاذِبٍ وَ دَافِعٍ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْجَوَّ وَ جَازَتِ الْكَوَّ قَلَبَهَا مَلَكُ النُّورِ ظَهْراً لِبَطْنٍ فَصَارَ مَا يَلِي الْأَرْضَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ بَلَغَ شُ

Hadith.675 - Muhammad ibn Muslim asked Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as) stillness of the sun. Imam (as) said: "O’ Muhammad, how small is your form and how challenging is your question! And indeed, you are worthy of an answer. When the sun rises, seventy thousand angels pull it, and for each of its rays, five thousan

لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَعَلَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَضْيَقَ الْأَيَّامِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ وَ لِمَ جَعَلَهُ أَضْيَقَ الْأَيَّامِ قَالَ لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُعَذِّبُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ‌[3] فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ لِحُرْمَتِهِ عِنْدَهُ.

Hadith.676 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) was asked about the sun’s stillness (or 'pause') every day and why there is no such stillness for it on Jumu’ah. Imam (as) said: "Because Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, made Jumu’ah the most constricted (or significant) of the days." It was then asked: "And why

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ اَلشَّمْسَ تَنْقَضُّ ثُمَّ تَرْكُدُ سَاعَةً مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَزُولَ فَقَالَ «إِنَّهَا تُؤَامِرُ أَ تَزُولُ أَوْ لاَ تَزُولُ.

Hadith.677 - It was narrated from Hariz ibn Abdullah that He said: I was with Abu 'Abdillah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) when a man asked him, "May I be sacrificed for you, the sun seems to descend (move downward) and then becomes still for a moment before it reaches its zenith." Imam (as) replied: "It consult