Was there any variation reported in the description of the eclipse prayer?

Question:
Who said that the description of the eclipse prayer varied due to necessity, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform it more than once?

Answer:
The one who said this stated: Perhaps it occurred multiple times. In this, the correct view is that the eclipse prayer is performed with two bowings and two recitations; because the well-known report is that he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform it except once, on the day Ibrahim died. The sun was eclipsed on the day Ibrahim died. For this reason, al-Bukhari and a group of scholars ruled that anything exceeding two bowings and two recitations is an error and a mistake by some of the narrators. This is the stronger position; because the eclipse did not occur multiple times during the day in the texts. It only came in the story of Ibrahim when the sun was eclipsed. So it is not said that it occurred multiple times except with evidence. And although it is most likely that it could occur multiple times, because it was a period of ten years in al-Madinah, but all those who narrated the eclipse said: On the day Ibrahim died. So the most apparent is the statement of al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) and a group of scholars that it is more preferable for the prayer to be with two recitations, two bowings, and two prostrations.