Sayyidah Asma bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with her) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led the prayer of eclipse and stood for a long time, then he bowed and made a long bowing, then he stood up again and made a long standing, then he bowed and made a long bowing, then he raised his head and made a long standing, then he bowed and made a lengthy bowing, then he raised his head and made a lengthy standing, then he bowed and made a long bowing, then he prostrated and made a long prostration, then he raised his head and then made a lengthy prostration, (then completed the second rak‘ah) and finished the prayer. Then he said: Paradise was brought so close to me that if I had dared, I would have brought one of its bunches to you, and the Fire was also brought so close that I said: O my Lord! (Are You going to punish them) while I am among them? Suddenly, there was a woman whom a cat was scratching. I said: What is her matter? I was told that this woman had imprisoned a cat until it died; she neither fed it herself nor let it go so it could eat the insects of the earth.