Hayyan bin Umayr narrates from Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: While I was shooting arrows, the sun suddenly went into eclipse. So I threw the arrows down and set off toward the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When I reached him (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing with his hands raised, occupied in glorifying Allah, proclaiming His greatness, praising Him and supplicating, until the eclipse cleared. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited two surahs in two rak'ahs. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Ya'la bin Ata narrates from his father, from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both). And Ata bin al-Sa'ib narrates from his father, from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The sun went into eclipse in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and stood for so long that it was said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) will not bow." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) bowed, and bowed for so long that it was said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) will not raise his head." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head and stood for so long that it was said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) will not bow." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) bowed, and bowed for so long that it was said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) will not raise his head." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head and stood for so long that it was said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) will not prostrate." (And he mentioned the rest of the hadith.) The hadith of (Sufyan) al-Thawri from Ya'la bin Ata is gharib (singular) and sahih (authentic); the two Shaykhs used Mu'ammal bin Isma'il as evidence, but they did not record it. As for Ata bin al-Sa'ib, they did not record from him.

Al-Aswad bin Qays narrates from Tha'labah bin Abbad al-Abdi, one of the people of Basrah, that one day he heard a sermon of Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him). In his sermon Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: One day, in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), a boy from the Ansar and I were shooting arrows at a target of ours, until, when the sun was two or three spear-lengths above the horizon in the eye of the beholder, it turned black until it became like a tannumah (a black-coloured plant). One of us said to the other: "Let us go to the mosque, for by Allah, this matter of the sun will surely bring about some new event for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in his Ummah." So we hurried to the mosque, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) had (already) come out (of his chamber), and we joined the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as he came out to the people. The narrator said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) went forward and led us in a prayer longer than any he had ever led us in before, and we could not hear his (peace and blessings be upon him) voice. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) bowed with us for longer than he had ever bowed with us before, and we could not hear his (peace and blessings be upon him) voice. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrated with us for longer than he had ever prostrated with us before, and we could not hear his (peace and blessings be upon him) voice. The narrator said: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) did the same in the second rak'ah. The narrator said: The clearing of the sun coincided with his (peace and blessings be upon him) sitting in the second rak'ah. The narrator said: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the salam, praised and extolled Allah, bore witness that there is no god but Allah, and bore witness that he (peace and blessings be upon him) is His servant and Messenger. Then he said: "O people! I am only a human being and the Messenger of Allah. So I adjure you by Allah: if you know that I have fallen short in any way in conveying the messages of my Lord, then tell me, so that I may convey the messages of my Lord as they deserve to be conveyed; and if you know that I have conveyed the messages of my Lord, then tell me." The narrator said: So the people stood up and said: "We bear witness that you have indeed conveyed the messages of your Lord, have been sincere to your Ummah, and have fulfilled your responsibility." The narrator said: Then they fell silent. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "To proceed: some people claim that the eclipse of this sun and of this moon, and the departure of these stars from their places of rising, is because of the death of some great men among the people of the earth. They have indeed lied. Rather, these are signs among the signs of Allah by which He tests His servants, to see which of them turns in repentance. By Allah, since I stood up to pray I have seen everything that you are going to meet in your world and your Hereafter. By Allah, the Hour will not be established until thirty liars come out, the last of whom will be the one-eyed Dajjal, whose left eye will be wiped out as though it were the eye of Abu Tihya, an old man of the Ansar. When he comes out, he will claim that he is Allah. Whoever believes in him, affirms him and follows him, no previous good deed of his will benefit him; and whoever disbelieves in him and denies him will not be punished for any previous deed of his. He will prevail over the whole earth except the Haram and Bayt al-Maqdis, and he will besiege the believers in Bayt al-Maqdis, and they will be shaken with a severe shaking. Then Allah Almighty will defeat him and his armies, until the base of a wall, or the root of a tree, will call out: 'O believer! This is a disbeliever hiding behind me; come and kill him.'" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That will not happen until you see matters whose gravity will weigh heavily in your hearts, and you will ask one another: 'Did your Prophet mention anything to you about these?' and until mountains move from their places. Then, after that, will come the taking (of souls)." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) pointed with his hand. The narrator said: Then I attended another sermon, and he said: He narrated this hadith, neither putting any part of it forward nor back. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

Nafi' narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that on the day Sayyiduna Ibrahim (may Allah be pleased with him), the son of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), passed away, the sun went into eclipse, and the people thought that the sun had gone into eclipse because of his death. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and said: "O people! The sun and the moon are only two of the signs of Allah; they do not go into eclipse because of anyone's death or life. So when you see that, stand up for prayer, remember Allah, supplicate and give charity." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Hisham bin Urwah narrates from Fatimah, who narrates from Sayyidah Asma (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the freeing of slaves at the time of the solar eclipse." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim). And it has a sahih supporting witness (shahid) on the condition of Imam Muslim.

Hisham bin Urwah narrates from Fatimah bint al-Mundhir, who narrates from Sayyidah Asma bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the freeing of slaves when the sun went into eclipse."

Urwah narrates from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: "The sun went into eclipse in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then she narrated the hadith, and in it she said: "So when you see that, supplicate to Allah, pray, give charity and free slaves." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim).

Qatadah narrates from Abu Qilabah, who narrates from Sayyiduna al-Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with them both), that the sun went into eclipse, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led two rak'ahs of prayer until the eclipse cleared. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The sun and the moon do not go into eclipse because of anyone's death; rather, they are two of His creations, and Allah brings about in His creation whatever He wills. Moreover, when Allah Almighty manifests Himself to anything of His creation, it humbles itself before Him. So whenever either of them goes into eclipse, pray until it becomes bright again or Allah Almighty brings about some other matter." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with these words.

Ata narrates from someone whom he trusts (meaning Sayyidah Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her), who said: "The sun went into eclipse in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood for a long time. Leading the people in prayer, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would stand and then bow, then stand and then bow, then stand and then bow. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) led two rak'ahs, with three bowings in each rak'ah; he (peace and blessings be upon him) made the third bowing and then prostrated. On that day, because of the long standing, some men began to faint, until buckets of water were poured over them. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) bowed he said: 'Allahu Akbar,' and when he raised his head he said: 'Sami' Allahu liman hamidah' (Allah hears the one who praises Him), until the sun became bright. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Indeed the sun and the moon do not go into eclipse because of anyone's death or life; rather, they are two of the signs of Allah by which He makes His servants fear. So when they go into eclipse, hasten in alarm to prayer.'" This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with these words. Imam Muslim recorded it through the hadith of Mu'adh bin Hisham, from his father, from Qatadah, from Ata, from Ubayd bin Umayr, with words other than these.

Abu al-Aliyah narrates from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "The sun went into eclipse in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the people in prayer and recited one of the long surahs. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) made five bowings and two prostrations. Then he stood up for the second rak'ah and recited from the long surahs, then made five bowings and two prostrations. Then he stood up for the third rak'ah and recited from the long surahs, then made five bowings and two prostrations. Then he remained sitting as he was, facing the Qiblah, supplicating until the solar eclipse cleared." The two Shaykhs abandoned Abu Ja'far al-Razi and did not narrate from him, but in the view of the other Imams his standing is very good. This hadith contains certain wordings, and its narrators are truthful.