الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الكسوفChapters on Eclipse Prayer
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي طُولِ صَلَاةِ الْكُسُوفِ وَحُضُورِ النِّسَاءِ جَمَاعَتِهَا بِالْمَسْجِدِ
Chapter on what is reported regarding the length of the eclipse prayer and women attending it in congregation in the mosque
Hadith 2918
عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: فَزِعَ يَوْمَ كَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخَذَ دِرْعًا حَتَّى أُدْرِكَ بِرِدَائِهِ، فَقَامَ بِالنَّاسِ قِيَامًا طَوِيلًا، يَقُومُ ثُمَّ يَرْكَعُ، فَلَوْ جَاءَ إِنْسَانٌ بَعْدَ مَا رَكَعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ رَكَعَ، مَا حَدَّثَ نَفْسَهُ أَنَّهُ رَكَعَ مِنْ طُولِ الْقِيَامِ، قَالَتْ: فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي هِيَ أَكْبَرُ مِنِّي، وَإِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي هِيَ أَسْقَمُ مِنِّي قَائِمَةً وَأَنَا أَحَقُّ أَنْ أَصْبِرَ عَلَى طُولِ الْقِيَامِ مِنْهَا
Sayyida Asma bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with her) says: On the day when the sun was eclipsed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) became anxious, so he (in haste) grabbed the shirt of (one of his wives) and set out towards the mosque. (From behind) his cloak was brought to him, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made the people stand for a long time. He (peace and blessings be upon him) would stand, then bow; if a person came after the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had bowed, he would not know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had bowed, due to the long standing, he could not convince himself that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had bowed. Sayyida Asma says: So I would look at the woman who was older than me, then at the woman who was weaker than me, then I would say to myself that I am more deserving to be patient over the long standing.
