The reciter: Yahya ibn Habib al-Harithi narrated to us, Khalid ibn al-Harith narrated to us, Ibn Jurayj narrated to us, Mansur ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to me from his mother Safiyyah bint Shaybah from Asma' bint Abi Bakr that she said:
The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) was one day (i. e. on the day when the sun eclipsed) so perturbed that he (in haste) took hold of the outer garment (of a female member of his family) and it was later on that his (own) cloak was sent to him. He stood in prayer along with people for such a long time that if a man came he did not realise that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had observed ruku', as it has been narrated about ruku' in connection with long qiyam.
فَزِعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا - قَالَتْ: تَعْنِي يَوْمَ كَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ - فَأَخَذَ دِرْعًا حَتَّى أُدْرِكَ بِرِدَائِهِ، فَقَامَ لِلنَّاسِ قِيَامًا طَوِيلًا، لَوْ أَنَّ إِنْسَانًا أَتَى لَمْ يَشْعُرْ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَكَعَ - مَا حَدَّثَ أَنَّهُ رَكَعَ، مِنْ طُولِ الْقِيَامِ .
