“The sun was eclipsed during thelifeof the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)wentout to the mosque and stood and said the Takbir, and the peopleformed rows behind him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited for along time, then he said the Takbir and bowed for a long time. Then heraised his head and said: ‘Sami’ Allahu liman hamidah, Rabban waslakal-hamd.’ Then he stood and recited for a long time, but shorterthan the first recitation. Then he said the Takbir and bowed for along time, but less than the first bowing. Then he said: ‘Sami’Allahuliman hamidah, Rabbana wa lakal-hamd.’ Then he did the samein thenext Rak’ah, and he completed four Rak’ah and four sets ofprostration, and the eclipse ended before he finished. Then he stoodand addressed the people. He praised Allah as He deserves to bepraised, then he said: ‘The sun and the moon are two of the signsofAllah. They do not become eclipsed for the death or birth ofanyone.If you see that then seek help in prayer.’”

“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) performed the eclipse prayer. He stood for a long time,then hebowed for a long time, then he stood up for a long time, thenhebowed for a long time, then he stood up, then he prostrated for along time, then he sat up, then he prostrated for a long time. Hestood for a long time, then he bowed for a long time, then he stoodupfor a long time, then he bowed for a long time, then he stood up,then heprostrated for a long time, then he sat up, then heprostrated for along time. Then he finished and said: ‘Paradisewas brought close tome, so that if I had dared, I could have broughtyou some of itsfruits. And Hell was brought near to me, until Isaid: “O Lord, am Ione of them?” Nafi’ said: “I think thathe said: ‘And I saw a womanbeing scratched by a cat that belongedto her. I said: “What is wrongwith this woman?” They said: “Shedetained it until it died of hunger;she did not feed it and she didnot let it loose to eat of the verminof the earth.”

“I heard Ibn ‘Abbas say: ‘I bearwitness that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed before the sermon,then he delivered the sermon. And he thought that the women had notheard, so he went over to them and reminded them (of Allah) andpreached to them and enjoined them to give in charity, and Bilal wasspreading his hands like this, and the women started giving theirearrings, rings and things.’”

“The Prophet (ﷺ), then AbuBakr,then ‘Umar, used to pray the ‘Eid prayer before delivering thesermon.”

Kathirbin ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin ‘Awf narrated, from his father,fromhis grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said theTakbir inthe ‘Eid prayers, seven times in the first Rak’ah and fivetimesin the second.

It wasnarrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saidtheTakbir seven and five times in (the prayer for ‘Eid) Fitr andAdha,apart from the Takbir for Ruku’ (bowing).

It wasnarrated from Nu’man bin Bashir that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)used to recite “Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,”[Al-A’la (87)] and “Has there come to you the narration of theoverwhelming?” [Al-Ghashiyah (88)] in the ‘Eid prayer.

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say the Takbir betweenthe two sermons and he used to say the Takbir a great deal in thesermon of ‘Eid.”

“It is part of the Sunnah to walk to‘Eid (prayers).”

“When the Prophet (ﷺ) prayedonthe day of ‘Eid or on another occasion, a small spear was set up infront of him, and he prayed facing it, and the people were behindhim.”Nafi` said: It is from here that the leaders have taken this practice.

“I heard amanasking Zaid bin Arqam: ‘Were you present with the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) when there were two ‘Eid on one day?’ He said: ‘Yes.’Hesaid: ‘What did he do?’ He said: ‘He prayed the ‘Eidprayer, then hegranted a concession not to pray the Friday, then hesaid: “Whoeverwants to pray (Friday), let him do so.”’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto have a bath on the day of Fitr and the day of Adha.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) was askedaboutthe night prayer. He said: ‘Pray two by two, and if you fearthatdawn is coming, then perform Witr with one Rak’ah.’”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to praythe night prayer two Rak’ah by two Rak’ah.”

“Aftereachtwo Rak’ah there should be the Taslim.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘Whoever fasts Ramadan and spends its nights in prayer, outoffaith and in hope of reward, his previous sins will be forgiven.’”

“We fasted Ramadan with theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) and he did not lead us in praying Qiyam(prayers atnight) during any part of it, until there were sevennights left. Heled us in praying Qiyam on the seventh night untilapproximately onethird of the night had passed. Then on the sixthnight which followedit he did not lead us in prayer. Then he led usin praying Qiyam onthe fifth night which followed it until almosthalf the night hadpassed. I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, would thatwe had offeredvoluntary prayers throughout the whole night.’ He said:‘Whoeverstands with the Imam until he finishes, it is equivalent tospendingthe whole night in prayer.’ Then on the fourth night whichfollowedit, he did not lead us in prayer, until the third night thatfollowedit, when he gathered his wives and family, and the peoplegathered,and he led us in prayer until we feared that we would misstheFalah.” It was asked: “What is the Falah?” He said: “Suhur.”Hesaid: “Then he did not lead us in prayer at night for the restof themonth.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘At night Satan ties a rope in which there are three knots tothe nape of the neck of anyone of you. If he wakes up and remembersAllah, one knot is untied. If he performs ablution, another knot isuntied, and if he gets up to pray, all the knots are untied, so hewakes up energetic and cheerful, he has already earned somethinggood.But if he does not do that, he wakes up bad-tempered, havingearnednothing good.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘May Allah have mercy on a man who gets up at night andprays,and wakes his wife, and she prays; and if she refuses hesprinkleswater in her face. And May Allah have mercy on a woman whogets up atnight and prays, and wakes her husband and he prays; andif herefuses, she sprinkles water in his face.’”

“Sa’d bin AbuWaqqas came to us when he had become blind. I greeted him with Salamand he said: ‘Who are you?’ So I told him, and he said: ‘Welcome,Oson of my brother. I have heard that you recite Qur’an in abeautifulvoice. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “ThisQur’an wasrevealed with sorrow, so when you recite it, then weep.If you cannotweep then pretend to weep, and make your voicemelodious in recitingit. Whoever does not make his voice melodious,he is not one of us.”