Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ كَسَفَتْ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَطَالَ الْقِيَامَ ثُمَّ رَكَعَ فَأَطَالَ الرُّكُوعَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ فَأَطَالَ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ وَأَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ فِي السُّجُودِ نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ وَجَعَلَ يَبْكِي فِي سُجُودِهِ وَيَنْفُخُ وَيَقُولُ رَبِّ لَمْ تَعِدْنِي هَذَا وَأَنَا أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ رَبِّ لَمْ تَعِدْنِي هَذَا وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قَالَ عُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ الْجَنَّةُ حَتَّى لَوْ مَدَدْتُ يَدِي لَتَنَاوَلْتُ مِنْ قُطُوفِهَا وَعُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ النَّارُ فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْفُخُ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَغْشَاكُمْ حَرُّهَا وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا سَارِقَ بَدَنَتَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا أَخَا بَنِي دَعْدَعٍ سَارِقَ الْحَجِيجِ فَإِذَا فُطِنَ لَهُ قَالَ هَذَا عَمَلُ الْمِحْجَنِ وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا امْرَأَةً طَوِيلَةً سَوْدَاءَ حِمْيَرِيَّةً تُعَذَّبُ فِي هِرَّةٍ رَبَطَتْهَا فَلَمْ تُطْعِمْهَا وَلَمْ تَسْقِهَا وَلَمْ تَدَعْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الْأَرْضِ حَتَّى مَاتَتْ وَإِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ لَا يَنْكَسِفَانِ لِمَوْتِ أَحَدٍ وَلَا لِحَيَاتِهِ وَلَكِنَّهُمَا آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا انْكَسَفَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَوْ قَالَ فُعِلَ بِأَحَدِهِمَا شَيْءٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَاسْعَوْا إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَبِي قَالَ ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ لِمَ تُعَذِّبُهُمْ وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ لِمَ تُعَذِّبُنَا وَنَحْنُ نَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَوَافَقَ شُعْبَةُ زَائِدَةَ وَقَالَ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الْأَرْضِ حَدَّثَنَاه مُعَاوِيَةُ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us: Shu'bah narrated from Ata ibn al-Sa'ib from his father from Abdullah ibn Amr who said: The sun eclipsed during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), so the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) prayed and prolonged the standing, then he bowed and prolonged the bowing, then he raised his head and prolonged it. Shu'bah said: "And I think he said the same regarding prostration." He wept during his prostration and blew, saying: "My Lord, You did not promise me this while I seek Your forgiveness. My Lord, You did not promise me this while I am among them." When he finished praying, he said: "Paradise was displayed before me, to the point that if I had reached out my hand, I would have taken from its fruits. And the Fire was displayed before me, so I blew out of fear that its heat might reach you. I saw in it the thief of the two she-camels of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). I saw in it the brother of Banu Da'da', the thief of the pilgrims - when he was caught, he would say: 'This is the work of the hooked staff.' I saw in it a tall, dark Himyari woman being punished because of a cat she had tied up and neither fed nor watered, nor did she let it eat from the vermin of the earth, until it died. The sun and the moon do not eclipse due to anyone's death or life, but they are two of the signs of Allah. So when either of them eclipses" - or he said - "when something like that happens to either of them, hasten to the remembrance of Allah." My father said: Ibn Fudayl said: "Why would You punish them when I am among them? Why would You punish us when we seek Your forgiveness?" Shu'bah agreed with Za'idah and said: "from the vermin of the earth." Mu'awiyah narrated it to us.