Sahih Ibn Hibban 2860
✧ Prayer for rain
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زُهَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا طَاهِرُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ نِزَارٍ الْأَيْلِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مَبْرُورٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْأَيْلِيِّ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ
شَكَا النَّاسُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَحْطَ الْمَطَرُ فَأَمَرَ بِالْمِنْبَرِ فَوُضِعَ لَهُ فِي الْمُصَلَّى وَوَعَدَ النَّاسَ يَوْمًا يَخْرُجُونَ فِيهِ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ بَدَا حَاجِبُ الشَّمْسِ فَقَعَدَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَيْ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّكُمْ شَكَوْتُمْ جَدْبَ جِنَانِكُمْ وَاحْتِبَاسَ الْمَطَرِ عَنْ إِبَّانِ زَمَانِهِ عَنْكُمْ وَقَدْ أَمَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ أَنْ تَدَعُوهُ وَوَعَدَكُمْ أَنْ يَسْتَجِيبَ لَكُمْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «{الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ} لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ تَفْعَلُ مَا تُرِيدُ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْغَنِيُّ وَنَحْنُ الْفُقَرَاءُ أَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنَا الْغَيْثَ وَاجْعَلْ مَا أَنْزَلْتَ لَنَا قُوَّةً وَبَلَاغًا إِلَى خَيْرٍ» ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ﷺ حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ ثُمَّ حَوَّلَ إِلَى النَّاسِ ظَهْرَهُ وَقَلَبَ أَوْ حَوَّلَ رِدَاءَهُ وَهُوَ رَافِعٌ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَنَزَلَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَأَنْشَأَ اللَّهُ سَحَابًا فَرَعَدَتْ وَأَبْرَقَتْ وَأَمْطَرَتْ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ فَلَمْ نَلْبَثْ فِي مَسْجِدِهِ حَتَّى سَالَتِ السُّيُولُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَثَقَ الثِّيَابِ عَلَى النَّاسِ ضَحِكَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ وَقَالَ «أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَإِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولُهُ»
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Chain of narrators
- Aḥmad b. Yaḥyá b. Zuhayr
- Ṭāhir b. Khālid b. Nizār al-Aylī
- my father
- al-Qāsim b. Mabrūr
- Yūnus b. Yazīd al-Aylī
- Hishām b. ʿUrwah
- his father
- ʿĀʾishah
✧ The people complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about drought and lack of rain. He ordered a pulpit, and it was placed for him in the prayer area, and he promised the people a day to come out. Aisha said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out when the edge of the sun appeared and sat on the pulpit. He praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: “You have complained of the barrenness of your gardens and the withholding of rain from its usual time. Allah has commanded you to call upon Him and promised to answer you.” Then he said: “{All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgment.} There is no deity but You; You do what You will. O Allah, You are Allah, there is no deity but You. You are the Self-Sufficient, and we are the needy. Send down upon us rain, and make what You send down a strength for us and a means to good.” Then he ﷺ raised his hands until we saw the whiteness of his armpits. Then he turned his back to the people and reversed or turned his cloak while still raising his hands. Then he faced the people, descended, and prayed two rak‘ahs. Allah brought forth clouds, thunder, lightning, and rain by Allah’s permission. We did not remain long in his mosque before the streams flowed. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw the wetness of clothes on the people, he laughed until his premolars showed and said: “I bear witness that Allah is capable of all things and that I am the servant of Allah and His Messenger.”
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- ابن الملقن
حديث صحيح
machine translationAn authentic (ṣaḥīḥ) hadith.
in صحيح ابن حبان, p. 2865 - Ibn al-Sakan
وصححه ابن السكن أيضا
machine translationIbn al-Sakan also declared it authentic (ṣaḥīḥ).
in صحيح ابن حبان, p. 2865 - Ibn al-Sakan
صححه أيضا أبو علي بن السكن
machine translationAbū ʿAlī b. al-Sakan also declared it authentic (ṣaḥīḥ).
in صحيح ابن حبان, p. 2865
Other narrations of this report
Narrators
- Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AHعَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقاعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), well-known (mashhūr)d. 91 AH, or 92, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 99 AH, or 100 AH, or 101 AHأَبِيهِثقة فقيه مشهورعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. 145, or: 146 AH, or: 147 AH, also said: 144 AHهِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَثقة فقيه ربما دلسعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), except that in his narration from al-Zuhrī there are slight errors (awhām), and in his narration from others there is error (khaṭaʾ)d. Ibn Saʿd said: 152 AH, al-Bukhārī and others: 159 AH (and it is the correct view), Muḥammad b. ʿAzīz said: 160 AHيُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْأَيْلِيِّثقة ، إلا أن في روايته عن الزهري وهما قليلا ، وفي غير الزهري خطأعن
- Truthful (ṣadūq), jurist, praised by Mālikd. 158 AH, or 159 AHالْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مَبْرُورٍصدوق فقيه أثنى عليه مالكحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq), makes mistakes.d. 222 AH.أَبِيصدوق يخطئ.حدثنا
- d. 260 AH, or: 263 AHطَاهِرُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ نِزَارٍ الْأَيْلِيُّحدثنا
- d. 310 AHأَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زُهَيْرٍأخبرنا
- d. 354 AHابن حبان
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