Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) says: In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), on a day of intense heat, the sun was eclipsed. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led the companions in prayer, and he stood for so long that people began to fall down. Then he bowed (ruku‘) and prolonged the bowing, then he raised his head and stood for a long time, after that he performed a lengthy bowing, then raised his head and stood for a long time, then performed two prostrations and stood up, and (the second rak‘ah) was performed in the same manner. In this prayer, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) moved forward and then stepped back. This was a (two rak‘ah) prayer with four bowings and four prostrations. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Everything that you have been promised was presented before me. Paradise was shown to me and (it was brought so close that) if I wanted to pluck a bunch from it, I could have plucked it. Or the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I wanted to pluck a bunch from it, but my hand was restrained. The Fire was also shown to me, and I began to move back out of fear that it might cover you. Then I saw in it a tall, black woman from the tribe of Himyar, she was being punished because of a cat which she had tied up; she neither fed it nor gave it water, nor did she let it go so that it could eat the insects of the earth. I also saw Abu Thumamah ‘Amr bin Malik dragging his intestines in the Fire. The sun and the moon are two signs among the signs of Allah; He shows you His signs, so when they are eclipsed, perform prayer until it becomes clear.