Volume 2, Book 18, Number 157:
Narrated Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) On the day when the sun Khasafat (eclipsed) Allah’s Apostle prayed; he
stood up and said Takbir and recited a prolonged recitation, then he performed a prolonged bowing,
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then he raised his head and said, “Sami’a-l-lahu Lyman Hamidah,” and then remained standing and
recited a prolonged recitation which was shorter than the first. Then he performed a prolonged
bowing which was shorter than the first. Then he prostrated and prolonged the prostration and he
did the same in the second Raka as in the first and then finished the prayer with Taslim. By that time
the sun (eclipse) had cleared He addressed the people and said, “The sun and the moon are two of the
signs of Allah; they do not eclipse (Yakhsifan) because of the death or the life (i.e. birth) of someone.
So when you see them make haste for the prayer.”