Hadith 1007

Invocation of the Prophetﷺ: "O Allāh! Send (drought-famine) yearson them (pagans of Makkah) like the(drought-famine) years of (Prophet) Yūsuf(Joseph)."

English source

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

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 1007 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 26

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English translation

1007. Narrated Masrūq: We were with 'Abdullāh (bin Mas'ūd) and he said, "When the Prophet ﷺ saw the refusal of the people to accept Islām he said, "O Allāh! Send (on them) seven (famine years) like the seven (years of famine) of (Prophet) Yūsuf (Joseph عليه السلام)." So, drought overtook them for one year and destroyed every kind of life to such an extent that the people started eating hides, carcasses and rotten dead animals. Whenever one of them looked towards the sky, he would (imagine himself to) see smoke because of hunger. So, Abū Sufyān went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Muḥammad! You order people to obey Allāh and to keep good relations with kith and kin. No doubt the people of your tribe are dying, so please invoke Allāh for them." So Allāh revealed: "Then wait you for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke... up to... Verily you will revert (to disbelief). On the Day when We shall seize you with the greatest seizure (punishment)..." (V.44:10-16) "Al-Baṭsha (i.e. grasp) happened in the battle of Badr and no doubt Ad-Dukhān (smoke), Al-Baṭsha, Al-Lizām, and the Verse of Sūrah Ar-Rūm have all passed.

Arabic text

1007 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا رَأَى مِنَ النَّاسِ إِدْبَارًا، قَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ سَبْعٌ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ»، فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ سَنَةٌ حَصَّتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، حَتَّى أَكَلُوا الجُلُودَ وَالمَيْتَةَ وَالجِيَفَ، وَيَنْظُرَ أَحَدُهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، فَيَرَى الدُّخَانَ مِنَ الجُوعِ، فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، إِنَّكَ تَأْمُرُ بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ، وَبِصِلَةِ الرَّحِمِ، وَإِنَّ قَوْمَكَ قَدْ هَلَكُوا، فَادْعُ اللَّهَ لَهُمْ، قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: {فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ} [الدخان: 10] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {إِنَّكُمْ عَائِدُونَ يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ البَطْشَةَ الكُبْرَى، إِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُونَ} [الدخان: 16] " فَالْبَطْشَةُ: يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، وَقَدْ مَضَتِ الدُّخَانُ وَالبَطْشَةُ وَاللِّزَامُ وَآيَةُ الرُّومِ "

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