320 - Issue: He said: (He recites in the first [rak'ah] the Mother of the Book [Al-Fatiha] and a long surah, recites aloud, then bows and lengthens the bowing, then rises and recites and lengthens the standing, and it is shorter than the first standing. Then he bows and lengthens the bowing, and it is shorter than the first bowing. Then he prostrates twice, lengthily. When he stands [for the second rak'ah], he does the same, so there are four bowings and four prostrations, then he sits for the tashahhud and performs the taslim.)

The total sum of this is that it is recommended in the eclipse prayer to perform two rak'ahs; he enters the first one [with Takbirat al-Ihram], performs the opening supplication, seeks refuge, and recites Al-Fatiha and Surah Al-Baqarah, or its equivalent in length. Then he bows and glorifies Allah the Exalted for the duration of a hundred verses, then rises and says: "Sami'a Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa lakal-hamd" (Allah hears those who praise Him, our Lord, and to You be the praise). Then he recites Al-Fatiha and [Surah] Ali Imran, or its equivalent, then bows for the duration of two-thirds of his first bowing. Then he rises and says the tasmi' and tahmid, then prostrates and lengthens the prostration in both [prostrations]. Then he rises for the second rak'ah, and recites Al-Fatiha and Surah Al-Nisa', then bows and glorifies for the duration of two-thirds of his glorification in the second [bowing]. Then he rises and recites Al-Fatiha and [Surah] Al-Ma'idah, then bows and lengthens it [to be] shorter than the one before it. Then he rises and says the tasmi' and tahmid, then prostrates and lengthens, so that the whole consists of two rak'ahs, in each rak'ah there are two standings,