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Book 15: Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa)

Chapter: Request of the people to the Imam to offer the Istisqa' prayer

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Salim bin Abdullah bin Umar 5 narrators
'Amr bin 'Ali bin Bahr al-Bahli Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 249 AH سلم بن قتيبة الشعيري - أبو قتيبة Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 200 AH or after 'Abdur Rahman bin 'Abdullah bin Dinar Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn Abdullah bin Dinar Tābiʿī d. 127 AH Salim bin Abdullah bin Umar Tābiʿī ~30 AH – ~106 AH
Narrated `Abdullah bin Dinar:My father said, "I heard Ibn `Umar reciting the poetic verses of Abu Talib: And a white (person) (i.e. the Prophet) who is requested to pray for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows." Salim's father (Ibn `Umar) said, "The following poetic verse occurred to my mind while I was looking at the face of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) while he was praying for rain. He did not get down till the rain water flowed profusely from every roof-gutter: And a white (person) who is requested to pray for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows . . . And these were the words of Abu Talib."

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 1008, 1009

In-book reference

Book 15, Hadith 4

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 2, Book 17, Hadith 122

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قُتَيْبَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، يَتَمَثَّلُ بِشِعْرِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَأَبْيَضَ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ ثِمَالُ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةٌ لِلأَرَامِلِ وَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، رُبَّمَا ذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَ الشَّاعِرِ وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ، إِلَى وَجْهِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَسْتَسْقِي، فَمَا يَنْزِلُ حَتَّى يَجِيشَ كُلُّ مِيزَابٍ‏.‏ وَأَبْيَضَ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ ثِمَالَ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةً لِلأَرَامِلِ وَهْوَ قَوْلُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ‏.‏

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