“The sun was eclipsed atthe time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he came out alarmed,dragging his lower garment, until he reached the mosque. He continuedto perform prayer until the eclipse was over, then he said: ‘Somepeople claim that the sun and moon only become eclipsed because ofthedeath of a great leader. That is not so. The sun and the moon donotbecome eclipsed for the death or birth of anyone. When AllahmanifestsHimself to anything in His creation, it humbles itselfbefore Him.’”

“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 of Allah(ﷺ) led us in the eclipse prayer, and we did not hear his voice.”

“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.”

“One of the chiefs* sent me to Ibn ‘Abbas to ask himabout the prayer for rain. Ibn ‘Abbas said: ‘What kept him fromaskingme?’ He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went outhumbly, walkingwith a humble and moderate gait, imploring, and heperformed twoRak’ah as he used to pray for ‘Eid, but he did notgive a sermon likethis sermon of yours.’”

“I heard ‘Abbad binTamim narrating to my father that his paternal uncle had seen theProphet (ﷺ) going out to the prayer place to pray for rain. Hefaced the Qiblah and turned his cloak around, and prayed two Rak’ah.”(One of the narrators) Muhammad bin Sabbah said: “Sufyan told us something similar, narrating from Yahya bin Sa`eed, from Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin `Amr bin Hazm. from `Abbad bin Tamim, from his paternal uncle, from the Prophet (ﷺ).”Sufyan narrated that Al-Mas`udi said: “I asked Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin `Amr: 'Did he turn it upside down or right to left?' He said: 'No, it was right to left.'”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)wentout one day to pray for rain. He led us in praying two Rak’ahwithout any Adhan or Iqamah, then he addressed us and supplicated toAllah. He turned to face the Qiblah, raising his hands, then heturnedhis cloak around, putting its right on the left and its lefton theright.”

“O Ka’bbin Murrah, narrate to us a Hadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ),but be careful.” He said: “A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) andsaid:‘O Messenger of Allah, ask Allah for rain!’ So theMessenger of Allah(ﷺ) raised his hands and said: ‘O Allah! Sendwholesome, productiverain upon all of us, sooner rather than later,beneficial and notharmful.’ No sooner had they finished performingFriday (prayer) butthey were revived. Then they came to him andcomplained to him aboutthe rain, saying: ‘O Allah, around us andnot upon us.’ Then theclouds began to disperse right and left.”

“A Bedouin came to the Prophet(ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have come to you frompeoplewho have no place to graze their flocks and even their malecamelshave become weak. He mounted the pulpit and praised Allah,then hesaid: ‘O Allah, send upon us all abundant, wholesome rain,productiveand plentiful, sooner rather than later.’ Then the raincame down, andno one came to him from any direction but they said:‘We have beenrevived.’”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) supplicated for rain(raising hishands) until I saw or one could see the whiteness of hisarmpits.”

“Sometimes I remember the words ofthe poet when I was looking at the face of the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) on the pulpit. He did not come down until all the waterspoutsin Al-Madinah were filled with rain. And I remember what the poetsaid: ‘He has a white complexion and rain is sought by virtue of his countenance,He cares for the orphans, and protects the widows,These are the words of Abu Talib.”

“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.’”

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed on thedayof ‘Eid with no Adhan and no Iqamah.

“Marwan brought the pulpit outone‘Eid day and started to deliver the sermon before the prayer. Amanstood up and said: ‘O Commander of the Believers, you have goneagainst the Sunnah. You have brought the pulpit out on the day of‘Eidand it was not brought out before, and you started with thesermonbefore the prayer, when this was not done before.’ AbuSa’eed said:‘As for this man, he has done his duty. I heard theMessenger of Allah(ﷺ) say: “Whoever among you sees an evilaction, and he is able tochange it with his hand, then change itwith his hand (by takingaction); if he cannot, (do so) with histongue then with his tongue(by speaking out); and if he cannot thenwith his heart (by hating itand feeling that it is wrong), and thatis the weakest of faith.”

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

‘Abdur-Rahman bin Sa’d bin ‘Ammar bin Sa’d, the Mu’adhdhinof theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ), narrated from his father, from hisfather,from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) usedto saythe Takbir in the ‘Eid prayer, seven times in the first(Rak’ah)before reciting Qur’an, and five times in the secondbefore recitingQur’an.

It wasnarrated from ‘Amr bin Shu’aib, from his father, from hisgrandfather, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said the Takbir seven times andfive times in the ‘Eid prayer.

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.