Sunan an-Nasai

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Imâm Asking For Rain To Be Stopped If He Fears That It May Cause Harm

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Darussalam · Volume 2

17. The Book Of Praying For Rain (Al-Istisqâ')

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الحديث: 1527 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 165

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1528. It was narrated that Anas said: "There was no rain for a year, so some of the Muslims went to the Prophet ﷺ one Friday and said: 'O Messenger of Allâh, there has been no rain; the land has become bare and our wealth has been destroyed.' He raised his hands, and we did not see any cloud in the sky. He stretched forth his hands until I could see the whiteness of his armpits, praying to Allâh for rain. When we finished praying Jumu'ah, even a young man whose house was nearby was worried about how he would get home. That lasted for a week, then on the following Friday they said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, houses have been destroyed and all travel has ceased.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ smiled at how quickly the sons of Ādam become weary, and he said with his hands raised: 'O Allāh, around us and not on us,' and it dispersed from Al-Madīnah." (Sahīh)

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1527 - أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ: قَحَطَ الْمَطَرُ عَامًا، فَقَامَ بَعْضُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي يَوْمِ جُمُعَةٍ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَحَطَ الْمَطَرُ، وَأَجْدَبَتِ الْأَرْضُ، وَهَلَكَ الْمَالُ، قَالَ: فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَمَا نَرَى فِي السَّمَاءِ سَحَابَةً، فَمَدَّ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ يَسْتَسْقِي اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، قَالَ: فَمَا صَلَّيْنَا الْجُمُعَةَ حَتَّى أَهَمَّ الشَّابَّ الْقَرِيبَ الدَّارِ الرُّجُوعُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ، فَدَامَتْ جُمُعَةٌ، فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ الْجُمُعَةُ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، تَهَدَّمَتِ الْبُيُوتُ، وَاحْتَبَسَ الرُّكْبَانُ، قَالَ: فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِسُرْعَةِ مَلَالَةِ ابْنِ آدَمَ، وَقَالَ بِيَدَيْهِ: «اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلَا عَلَيْنَا» فَتَكَشَّطَتْ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ

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    [1] Al-Mijdah: A name used to refer to a star or stars which were considered related to rain according to the beliefs of the pre-Islamic Arabs. Some of them say it was Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri); a red giant star, one of the brightest stars in the Northern Hemisphere. See An-Nihayah.