al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 926
✧ The Rain Prayer
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وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، حَدَّثَنَا فِطْرٌ، عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الْوَالِبِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ ؓ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ:
ثَلَاثٌ أَخَافُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي: الِاسْتِسْقَاءُ بِالْأَنْوَاءِ، وَحَيْفُ السُّلْطَانِ، وَتَكْذِيبٌ بِالْقَدَرِ
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Chain of narrators
- Abū Bakr
- Muḥammad b. al-Qāsim
- Fiṭr
- Abū Khālid al-Wālibī
- Jābir b. Samurah
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ Three things I fear for my ummah: seeking rain by the stars, injustice of rulers, and denial of divine decree.
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- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. al-Ḥākim said: 72 AH, from Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ: 73 AH, Abū Bakr b. Manjawayh and others said: 74 AH. It is reported from Abū ʿUbayd that he said: 66 AH, and that is a mistakeجَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ السُّوَائِيُّصحابيعن
- acceptable (maqbūl)d. 100 AHأَبِي خَالِدٍ الْوَالِبِيِّمقبولعن
- truthful (ṣadūq), accused of Shiʿism (rumiya bi-l-tashayyuʿ)d. Ibn Ḥibbān said: 153 AH, Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥaḍramī said: 155 AH, also said: 156 AHفِطْرٌصدوق ، رمي بالتشيعحدثنا
- they declared him a liard. 207 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِكذبوهحدثنا
- trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), author of works (ṣāḥib taṣānīf)d. 235 AH, or 234 AHأَبُو بَكْرٍثقة حافظ ، صاحب تصانيف
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