The Book of Friday Prayer, the Two Festivals, the Prayer for Rain, the Eclipse Prayer, and Funerals-06a
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The reciter: And Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna and Abu Bakr ibn Khalad both narrated to us from Yahya al-Qattan. Ibn al-Muthanna said: Yahya narrated to us from Sufyan, who said: Habib narrated to us from Tawus, from Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he Sahih Muslim 909, he said: and the other unit was like it.
The Shaykh : The correct report is the one previously mentioned from Ibn Abbas, as it agrees with the majority, which is that he prayed four rak'ahs in four prostrations. We have mentioned to you previously that anything exceeding two bowings is anomalous, as mentioned by the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him). This is because the eclipse did not occur more than once, so what was agreed upon is taken, and what is anomalous is discarded.
The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) observed prayer while it was (solar) eclipse. He recited (the Qur'an in qiyam) and then bowed. He again recited and again bowed. He again recited and again bowed and again recited and again bowed, and then prostrated
صَلَّى فِي كُسُوفٍ، قَرَأَ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ، ثُمَّ رَكَعَ، ثُمَّ سَجَدَThe Shaykh : The correct report is the one previously mentioned from Ibn Abbas, as it agrees with the majority, which is that he prayed four rak'ahs in four prostrations. We have mentioned to you previously that anything exceeding two bowings is anomalous, as mentioned by the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him). This is because the eclipse did not occur more than once, so what was agreed upon is taken, and what is anomalous is discarded.