Sunan an-Nasa'i 1528

Translation

"There was a drought during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was giving the Khutbah on the minbar one Friday, a Bedouin stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah wealth has been destroyed and our children are hungry; pray to Allah for us.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hands, and we could not see even a wisp of a cloud in the sky, but by the One in Whose hand is my soul, he did not lower (his hands) before clouds like mountains appeared, and he did not come down from his minbar before we saw the rain dripping from his beard. It rained that day and the next day, and the day after, until the following Friday. Then that Bedouin"- or he said, "Someone else"- "stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, buildings have been destroyed and wealth has drowned; pray to Allah (SWT) for us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hands and said: 'O Allah, around us and not on us.' He did not point in any direction but the clouds dispersed, until Al-Madinah became like a hole. And the valleys ran with water and no one came from any direction but he told us of the heavy rains."

Notes

• فَمَا يُشِيرُ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى نَاحِيَةٍ مِنَ السَّحَابِ إِلاَّ انْفَرَجَتْ حَتَّى صَارَتِ الْمَدِينَةُ مِثْلَ الْجَوْبَةِ وَسَالَ الْوَادِي وَلَمْ يَجِئْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ نَاحِيَةٍ إِلاَّ أَخْبَرَ بِالْجَوْدِ

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Narrators

1. 1
   Anas b. Mālik

   a well-known Companiond. 90 AH, or 91 AH, or 92 AH, or 93 AH
   أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍصحابي مشهور
   عن
2. 2
   Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Abī Ṭalḥah

   trustworthy (thiqah), a authoritative proof (ḥujjah)d. 130 AH or 132 AH, also said: 134 AH
   إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِثقة حجة
   عن
3. 3
   Abū ʿAmr al-Awzāʿī

   trustworthy (thiqah), eminentd. 157 AH, also said: 151 AH, also said: 155 AH, also said: 156 AH
   أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَوْزَاعِيُّثقة جليل
   أنبأنا
4. 4
   al-Walīd b. Muslim

   Trustworthy (thiqah), but he very often practiced concealment (tadlīs) and levelling (taswiyah).d. 194, or 195 AH, or 196 AH
   الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍثقة ، لكنه كثير التدليس والتسوية
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Maḥmūd b. Khālid

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 245 AH, or shortly before or after it, or 247 AH, or 249 AH
   مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍثقة
   أخبرنا
6. 6
   al-Nasāʾī

   the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AH
   النَّسَائِيُّالحافظ

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