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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُصَلِّيَ صَلَاةَ الْكُسُوفِ لَهُ أَنْ يَجْهَرَ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فِيهَا

ibnhibban:2850ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd b. Muslim > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Namir > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Aishah said: "The sun was eclipsed during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and it was called out: 'As-salatu jam'iah (prayer is about to begin in congregation).' So the people gathered and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in prayer, bowing four times in two rak'ahs and prostrating four times." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1473)   

ابن حبّان:٢٨٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ نَمِرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«كَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعَ سَجَدَاتٍ وَجَهَرَ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:1465ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

"The sun was eclipsed during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Prophet ﷺ commanded a caller to call out that prayer was about to begin in congregation. So they gathered and formed rows, and he led them in prayer, bowing four times in two rak'ahs and prostrating four times."  

النسائي:١٤٦٥أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

خَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي أَنَّ الصَّلاَةَ جَامِعَةً فَاجْتَمَعُوا وَاصْطَفُّوا فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعَ سَجَدَاتٍ  

nasai:1469[Chain 1] ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd > al-Walīd > Ibn Namir / ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Namir > al-Zuhrī > Kathīr b. ʿAbbās [Chain 2] ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Kathīr b. ʿAbbās > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed on the day the sun was eclipsed, bowing four times in two rak'ahs and prostrating four times.  

النسائي:١٤٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ عَنِ ابْنِ نَمِرٍ وَهُوَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ نَمِرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي كَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَلَّى يَوْمَ كَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعَ سَجَدَاتٍ  

nasai:1473Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Aishah said: "The sun was eclipsed during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and it was called out: 'As-salatu jam'iah (prayer is about to begin in congregation).' So the people gathered and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in prayer, bowing four times in two rak'ahs and prostrating four times."  

النسائي:١٤٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

خَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَنُودِيَ الصَّلاَةُ جَامِعَةٌ فَاجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعَ سَجَدَاتٍ  

ahmad:18443Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Abū Qilābah > al-Nuʿmān b. Bashīr

[Machine] The sun was setting on the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so he prayed. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform rukoo' (bowing) and sujood (prostration). Hajjaj said, "Our prayers are like his prayers."  

أحمد:١٨٤٤٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةِ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ

انْكَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَلَّى وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَرْكَعُ وَيَسْجُدُ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ مِثْلَ صَلَاتِنَا  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ صَلَاةِ الْكُسُوفِ الَّتِي أَمَرَ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ

ibnhibban:2831Muḥammad b. al-Muʿāfá al-ʿĀbid Biṣaydā And ʾAḥmad b. ʿUmayr b. Jawṣā Bidimashq > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān al-Qurashī > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Kathīr b. ʿAbbās > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed on the day the sun was eclipsed, bowing four times in two rak'ahs and prostrating four times. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1469)  

ابن حبّان:٢٨٣١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُعَافَى الْعَابِدُ بِصَيدَا وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ جَوْصَا بِدِمَشْقَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْقُرَشِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي كَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «صَلَّى يَوْمَ كَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعَ سَجَدَاتٍ»  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ الصَّلَاةِ الَّتِي ذَكَرْنَاهَا فِي هَذَا الْكُسُوفِ

ibnhibban:2839Muḥammad b. al-Muʿāfá al-ʿĀbid Biṣaydā And Muḥammad b. ʿUbaydullāh b. al-Faḍl Biḥimṣ Waʿumar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī Biṣughd And Aḥmad b. ʿUmar b. Yūsuf Bidimashq > ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Kathīr b. ʿAbbās > Ibn ʿAbbās > Rasūl

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed on the day the sun was eclipsed, bowing four times in two rak'ahs and prostrating four times. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1469)  

ابن حبّان:٢٨٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُعَافَى الْعَابِدُ بِصَيدَا وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ بِحِمْصَ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ بِصُغْدَ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ بِدِمَشْقَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي كَثِيرُ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَوْمَ كَسَفَتَ الشَّمْسُ صَلَّى أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعَ سَجَدَاتٍ»  

كَثِيرُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ

tabarani:10645Aḥmad b. al-Muʿallá al-Dimashqī > Ṣafwān b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Kathīr b. al-ʿAbbās > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed on the day the sun was eclipsed, bowing four times in two rak'ahs and prostrating four times. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1469)  

الطبراني:١٠٦٤٥حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّى الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى يَوْمَ كَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعِ سَجْدَاتٍ  

nasai-kubra:506Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Aishah said: "The sun was eclipsed during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and it was called out: 'As-salatu jam'iah (prayer is about to begin in congregation).' So the people gathered and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in prayer, bowing four times in two rak'ahs and prostrating four times." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1473)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«خُسِفَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَنُودِيَ الصَّلَاةُ جَامِعَةٌ فَاجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعَ سَجَدَاتٍ»  

nasai-kubra:1871Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Aishah said: "The sun was eclipsed during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and it was called out: 'As-salatu jam'iah (prayer is about to begin in congregation).' So the people gathered and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led them in prayer, bowing four times in two rak'ahs and prostrating four times." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1473)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٨٧١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«خَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَنُودِيَ الصَّلَاةَ جَامِعَةً فَاجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ فِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَأَرْبَعَ سَجَدَاتٍ»