Chapter on the Prayer of the Eclipse

And from him, from Hammad, from Hariz, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, who said: I said to Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him: “May I be your ransom, sometimes we are tested with an eclipse after Maghrib, before the final Isha prayer. If we perform the eclipse prayer, we fear missing the obligatory prayer.” Imam عليه السلام said: “If you fear that, then interrupt your eclipse prayer and perform your obligatory prayer, then return to complete it.” I asked: “And if the eclipse occurs at the end of the night, and we perform the eclipse prayer and miss the night prayer (salat al-layl), which of the two should we begin with?” Imam عليه السلام said: “Perform the eclipse prayer, and make up the night prayer when you reach the morning.”