Sunan Abi Dawud 1184

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

Ahmad ibn Yunus narrated to us: Zuhayr narrated to us: al-Aswad ibn Qays narrated to us: Thaʿlabah ibn ʿAbbad al-ʿAbdi, from Basrah, told me that he attended a sermon one day by Samurah ibn Jundub. Samurah said: ‘While a boy from the Ansar and I were shooting at our two targets, the sun was two or three spear-lengths above the horizon, from the observer’s view, when it darkened until it became like the tannumah plant. One of us said to the other: “Let us go to the mosque. By Allah, this event involving the sun will surely bring something to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his community.”’ He said: ‘We hurried there and found him already outside. He stepped forward and led us in prayer, standing for as long as he had ever stood with us in prayer; we could not hear his voice. Then he bowed with us for as long as he had ever bowed with us in prayer; we could not hear his voice. Then he prostrated with us for as long as he had ever prostrated with us in prayer; we could not hear his voice. Then he did the same in the other rakʿah.’ He said: ‘The sun’s clearing coincided with his sitting in the second rakʿah. Then he said the salutation, stood, praised and extolled Allah, testified that there is no deity but Allah, and testified that he is His servant and Messenger.’ Then Ahmad ibn Yunus related the Prophet’s sermon.