Volume 1, Book 12, Number 715:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas:
Once solar eclipse occurred during the lifetime of Allah’s Apostle. He offered the eclipse prayer.
His companions asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! We saw you trying to take something while standing at
your place and then we saw you retreating.” The Prophet said, “I was shown Paradise and wanted to
have a bunch of fruit from it. Had I taken it, you would have eaten from it as long as the world re –
mains.”