Darussalam · Volume 2
15 - THE BOOK OF AL-ISTISQĀ' (i.e. to offer a two Rak'ā prayer and then to invoke Allāh for rain at the time of drought]Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1010 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 27
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1010. Narrated Anas رضي الله عنه: Whenever drought threatened them, 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb رضي الله عنه used to ask Al-'Abbās bin 'Abdul Muṭṭalib to invoke Allāh for rain. He used to say, "O Allāh! We used to ask our Prophet ﷺ to invoke You for rain, and You would bless us with rain, and now we ask his uncle to invoke You for rain. O Allāh! Bless us with rain."(1) And so it would rain.
1010 - حَدَّثَنَا الحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ المُثَنَّى، عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، كَانَ إِذَا قَحَطُوا اسْتَسْقَى بِالعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ المُطَّلِبِ، فَقَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّنَا فَتَسْقِينَا، وَإِنَّا نَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِعَمِّ نَبِيِّنَا فَاسْقِنَا»، قَالَ: فَيُسْقَوْنَ
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(1) (H.1010) [It is of great importance to notice that it is permissible for one to request a living religious person to invoke Allāh on his behalf; but if you ask Allāh through a dead or an absent (person etc.) then it is not allowed. But it is absolutely forbidden to ask or request the dead for anything, it is regarded as Shirk]. See glossary for the word Shirk (polytheism)."