Bayhaqi 6314 — How to pray during an eclipse

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: The sun was eclipsed in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a very hot day. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the prayer and stood for a long time, until people began to fall down. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) bowed and made it long. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head and remained standing for a long time. Then he performed a long bowing, then raised his head from the bowing and remained (standing) for a long time. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed two prostrations. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood and did the same (in the second rak'ah), so there were four bowings and four prostrations. He (peace and blessings be upon him) moved forward and backward during the prayer. Then he turned to his Companions and said: "Paradise and Hell were presented to me. Paradise was brought near to me, so that if I had wished to take a cluster from it, I would have taken it," or he said: "my hand fell short of it"; (the narrator) Hisham was in doubt. "And Hell was presented to me, and I was moving back out of fear that it might cover you. I saw in it a tall, black Himyari woman being punished because of a cat. She had tied it up, and neither fed it nor gave it water, nor let it go free to eat the vermin of the earth. And I saw Abu Thumamah Amr bin Malik dragging his intestines in the Fire. People used to say that the sun and the moon lose their light only for the death of a great man, whereas they are two of the signs of Allah which He shows you. When they are eclipsed, pray until it clears."