Must the eclipse prayer be performed if the sun or moon is obscured by clouds while eclipsed?

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Al-Mughni

Book of the Eclipse Prayers (Solar and Lunar)

Book 6 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

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If the sun or moon becomes covered by clouds while they are eclipsed, the prayer must still be performed, because the presumption is that the state of eclipse continues.