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Sunan Abi Dawud 1183 — Repeated Recitation and Bowing
Whoever Said That It Should Be Prayed With Four Rak'ahs
Solar Eclipse Prayer Hadith: Recitation Before Each Bowing
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1183
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1183
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ صَلَّى فِي كُسُوفِ الشَّمْسِ فَقَرَأَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ ثُمَّ سَجَدَ وَالأُخْرَى مِثْلُهَا .
Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) prayed at solar eclipse; he recited from the Qur'an and then bowed; then he recited from the Qur'an and then bowed; he then recited from the Qur'an and bowed; he then recited from the Qur'an and bowed. Then he prostrated himself and performed the second rak'ah similar to the first.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1183In-book reference : Book 3, Hadith 23English translation : Book 3, Hadith 1179
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1183
This hadith about Salat al-Kusuf gives a clear sequence from the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم solar eclipse prayer. Ibn Abbas reports that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم recited from the Qur'an, then bowed. He repeated this pattern: recitation, bowing; recitation, bowing; recitation, bowing; then he prostrated. The second rak'ah was performed in a similar way. The wording keeps our attention on recitation and bowing, not on extra details outside the report. For readers looking for how to pray eclipse prayer, this narration shows that Qur'an recitation had a clear place before the bowings. It also shows that the prayer during an eclipse was marked by repeated standing, recitation, and humility.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم recited Qur'an during the eclipse prayer.
- This narration mentions repeated bowing in the first rak'ah.
- The second rak'ah was similar to the first.
- The hadith keeps the focus on worship during the solar eclipse.
