Sunan Abi Dawud 1177

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

ʿUthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Ismaʿil ibn ʿUlayyah narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from ʿAta, from ʿUbayd ibn ʿUmayr, who said: Someone whom I trust informed me—I thought he meant ʿAishah—that the sun was eclipsed during the time of the Prophet (ﷺ). The Prophet stood for a long time, leading the people in prayer. Then he bowed, stood, bowed, stood, and bowed. He performed two rakʿahs, with three bowings in each; he bowed the third time, then prostrated. Some men that day were overcome and fainted from the prolonged standing, and buckets of water were poured over them. When he bowed he said, “Allah is the Greatest”; when he rose he said, “Allah hears whoever praises Him,” until the sun shone clear. Then he said: “The sun and the moon are not eclipsed because someone dies or is born. They are two of the signs of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, by which He causes His servants to fear Him. When they are eclipsed, hasten to prayer.”