It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), he says that during the blessed time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), on a day of intense heat, there was a solar eclipse. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led his noble companions in the prayer of Kusuf (eclipse prayer). He (peace and blessings be upon him) stood for such a long time that the companions began to fall down, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) bowed (ruku‘) and prolonged it as well. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and did as he had done in the first rak‘ah. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) began to move forward and backward. In this way, he performed four bowings (ruku‘) and four prostrations (sujood), then said: "Everything that you have been promised was shown to me. Paradise was presented to me until I wanted to take a bunch of its grapes. And if I had wished, I would have taken it. Then I wanted to take a bunch from it but my hand could not reach it. Then Hell was shown to me, so I began to move back out of fear that it might engulf you. And I saw a tall, black-skinned woman from the tribe of Himyar being punished because of a cat. She had tied up the cat, neither giving it anything to eat nor setting it free so that it could eat the insects of the earth (thus it died hungry and thirsty). And I saw Abu Thumamah ‘Amr bin Malik in Hell dragging his intestines, and people used to say that indeed the eclipse of the sun and the moon only occurs due to the death of a great leader. And indeed, these are two signs among the signs of Allah, which Allah shows you, so when an eclipse occurs, pray until the sun becomes bright again." Janab Bundar did not narrate the word "al-Qamar" to us. Janab ‘Ata narrates from his chain from Sayyidah ‘Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed two bowings (ruku‘) in each rak‘ah.