prayed four rak'ahs and two prostrations in every rak'ah. Reported by Muslim and al-Daraqutni (27) with his chain of narration from Tawus, from Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Ibn al-Mundhir said: We have narrated from Ali and Ibn Abbas that they both performed this prayer. It is narrated from Ishaq that he said: The way to reconcile these reports is that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) only increased the number of bowings (ruku') when he did not see that the sun had cleared; then, when it cleared, he prostrated. From this, the increase in rak'ahs occurred, and he would not exceed four bowings in each rak'ah because no more than that has reached us from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

Section: The eclipse prayer is a confirmed Sunnah because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performed it and commanded it. Its time is from the moment of the eclipse until the time of clearing; if it passes, it is not made up for because it is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he said: "If you see that, then hasten to prayer until it clears" (28). Thus, he made the clearing [of the sun/moon] the endpoint for the prayer. Also, because the prayer was only legislated as an act of desire towards Allah to reverse it, so when that occurs, the purpose of the prayer is achieved. If it clears while he is in the prayer, he completes it and makes it brief. If the sun and moon are hidden by clouds while they are eclipsed, he prays, because the original state is the continuation of the eclipse. If the sun sets while eclipsed, or rises upon the moon while it is eclipsed, he does not pray, because the time for deriving benefit from their light has passed. If the moon sets at night, then