English
Samurah ibn Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: "While I and a young man from the Ansar were practicing archery, the sun eclipsed when it was about two or three spear-lengths above the horizon. It darkened until it looked like a piece of cloth. One of us said to the other, 'Let us go to the mosque, for by Allah, this eclipse will surely cause the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to address his Ummah.' We hurried, and he was already standing in prayer. He led us in the longest standing, bowing, and prostration we had ever experienced in prayer, and we did not hear his voice. 1 He repeated the same in the second rak’ah, and the eclipse ended as he sat in the second rak’ah." [Narrated by Abu Dawud]
Tirmidhi and Nasa’i narrated something similar, and its chain is authentic. Tirmidhi said: "It is a Hasan Sahih Hadith."
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sunan Abi Dawud 1184 (unverified) 92% confidence
- Candidate: Jami al-Tirmidhi 562 (unverified) 78% confidence
Confidence and text similarity are not editorial verification.
Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) The statement: "We did not hear his voice." The narrations mentioning audible recitation are interpreted as referring to his occasional practice of reciting a verse or two aloud in silent prayers for teaching purposes. A distant observer might have assumed the entire recitation was audible and narrated it as such. This is mentioned in Tabi’ al-Athar. Shaykh Imam Ibn al-Humam said: "When there is a contradiction, the preference is given to the original practice of silent recitation in daytime prayers."
Note 1
(۱) قوله: لا نسمع له صوتا وما روى من الجهر محمول على ما كان من عادته من الجهر بآية أو آيتين في السرية للتعليم، فظنه الراوي البعيد أن كل القراءة لعله كان جهرًا، وهو لم يسمع فروى الجهر. قاله في تابع الآثار». وقال الشيخ الإمام ابن الهمام: وإذا حصل التعارض وجب الترجيح بأن الأصل في صلاة النهار الإخفاء.