Muwatta Malik #454
The Eclipse Prayer
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.' "
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This hadith is #454 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of The Eclipse Prayer. Muwatta Malik contains 1,985 hadiths across 61 books.