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1482. Abū Hāfs, the freed slave of 'Aīshah, narrated that 'Aīshah told him: "When the sun was eclipsed during the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, he performed Wudū and ordered that the call be given: 'Aṣ-ṣalātu jāmi'ah.' He stood for a long time in prayer," and 'Aīshah said: "I thought that he recited Sūrah Al-Baqarah. Then he bowed for a long time, then he said: Sami' Allāhu liman ḥamidah. Then he stood like he had stood before and he did not prostrate. Then he bowed, then prostrated. Then he stood up and did the same again, bowing twice and prostrating once. Then he sat and the eclipse ended." (Hasan)
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Commentary
“I thought”: based upon this, it has been argued that the recitation in the eclipse prayer ought to be inaudible. Had the Prophet ﷺ recited it aloud, what was the need to guess or reckon? In narration 1495 it is clearly stated that the Prophet ﷺ conducted the recitation in a loud voice, and this report has also been transmitted by ‘Aishah ؓ herself. And that narration is also recorded in the two Ṣaḥīḥs (Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī, the Eclipse, Ḥadīth 1065 and Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, the Eclipse, Ḥadīth 901).
