Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa
from his father that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There was an
eclipse of the sun in the time of the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, led the
people in prayer. He stood, and did so for a long time.
Then he went into ruku, and made the ruku long. Then he
stood again, and did so for a long time, though not as
long as the first time. Then he went into ruku, and made
the ruku long, though not as long as thefirst time. Then
he rose, and went down into sajda. He then did the same in
the second raka, and by the time he had finished the sun
had appeared. He then gave a khutba to the people, in
which he praised Allah and then said, 'The sun and the
moon are two of Allah's signs. They do not eclipse for
anyone's death nor for anyone's life. When you see an
eclipse, call on Allah and say, "Allah is greater" and
give sadaqa.' Then he said, 'O community of Muhammad!
ByAllah, there is no-one more jealous than Allah of a male
or female slave of his who commits adultery. O community
of Muhammad! By Allah, if you knew what I knew, you would
laugh little and weep much'."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from
Ata ibn Yasar that Abdullah ibn Abbas said, "There was an
eclipse of the sun and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, prayed, and the people
prayed with him. He stood for a long time, nearly as long
as (it takes to recite) Surat al-Baqara (Sura 2), and then
went into ruku for a long time. Then he rose and stood for
a long time, though less than the first time.Then he went
into ruku for a long time, though less than the first
time. Then he went down into sajda. Then he stood for a
long time, though less than the first time. Then he went
into ruku for a long time, though less than the first
time. Then he rose and stood for a long time, though less
than the firsttime. Then he went into ruku for a long
time, though less than the first time. Then he went down
into sajda, and by the time he had finished the sun had
appeared. Then he said, 'The sun and the moon are two of
Allah's signs. They do not eclipse for anyone's death nor
for anyone's life. When you see an eclipse, remember
Allah.' They said, 'Messenger of Allah, we saw you reach
out for something while you were standing here and then we
saw you withdraw.' He said, 'I saw the Garden and I
reached out for a bunch of grapes from it, and if I had
taken it you would have been able to eat from it for as
long as this world lasted. Then I saw the Fire - and I
have never seen anything more hideous than what I saw
today - and I saw that most of its people were women.'
They said, 'Why, Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'Because of
their ungratefulness (kufr).' Someone said, 'Are they
ungrateful toAllah?' He said, 'They are ungrateful to
their husbands and they are ungrateful for good behaviour
(towards them) . Even if you were to behave well towards
one of them for a whole lifetime and then she were to see
you do something (that she did not like) she would say
that she had never seen anything good from you.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from
'Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman from A'isha, the wife of the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that a
jewish woman came to beg from her and said, "May Allah
give you refuge from the punishment of the grave." So
A'isha asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, "Are people punished in their
graves?", and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, took refuge in Allah from that. Then
one morning the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, went out on a journey and there was
an eclipse of the sun, and he returned in the late morning
and passed through his apartments. Then he stood and
prayed, and the people stood behind him. He stood for a
long time, and then went into ruku for a long time. Then
he rose and stood for a long time, though less than the
first time, and then went into ruku for a long time,
though less than the first time. Then he rose, and went
down into sajda. Then he stood for a long time, though
less than the time before, and then went into ruku for a
long time, though less than the time before. Then he rose
and stood for a long time, though less than the time
before, and then went into ruku for a long time, though
less than the time before. Then he rose, and went down
into sajda. When he had finished he said what Allah willed
him to say, and then he told them to seek protection for
themselves from the punishment of the grave."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa
from Fatima bint al Mundhir that Asma bint Abi Bakr as-Siddiq
said, "I went to A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, during an eclipse of
the sun, and everybody was standing in prayer, and she too
was standing praying. I said, 'What is everybody doing?'
She pointed towards the sky with her hand and said, 'Glory
be to Allah.' I said, 'A sign?' She nodded 'Yes' with her
head."
She continued, "I stood until I had almost fainted, and
I began to pour water over my head. The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, praised
Allah and spoke well of Him, and then said, 'There is
nothing which I had previously not seen beforehand that I
have not now seen while standing - even the Garden and the
Fire. It has been revealed to me that you will be tried in
your graves with a trial, like, or near to, the trial of
the Dajjal (I do not know which one Asma said). Every one
of you will have someone who comes to him and asks him,
'What do you know about this man?' A mumin, or one who has
certainty (muqin) (I do not know which one Asma said),
will say, 'He is Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, who came to us with
clear proofs and guidance, and we answered and believed
and followed.' He will then be told, 'Sleep in a good
state. We know now that you were a mumin.' A hypocrite,
however, or one who has doubts (l do not know which one
Asma said), will say, 'I do not know, I heard everybody
saying something and I said it.'"