Sahih al-Bukhari

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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 Umar bin Al Khattab 5 narrators
al-Hasan bin Muhammad al-Za'farani Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 260 AH or before Muhammad bin 'Abdullah al-Ansari Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn 112 AH – 215 AH Thmamh bin 'Abdullah Tābiʿī d. after 100 AH Anas bin Malik Companion 10 BH/613 CE – 93 AH/712 CE Umar bin Al Khattab Companion 41 BH/582 CE – 23 AH/645 CE
Narrated Anas:Whenever drought threatened them, `Umar bin Al-Khattab, used to ask Al-Abbas bin `Abdul Muttalib to invoke Allah for rain. He used to say, "O Allah! We used to ask our Prophet to invoke You for rain, and You would bless us with rain, and now we ask his uncle to invoke You for rain. O Allah ! Bless us with rain."(1) And so it would rain.

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 1010

In-book reference

Book 15, Hadith 5

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 2, Book 17, Hadith 123

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ كَانَ إِذَا قَحَطُوا اسْتَسْقَى بِالْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّنَا فَتَسْقِينَا وَإِنَّا نَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِعَمِّ نَبِيِّنَا فَاسْقِنَا‏.‏ قَالَ فَيُسْقَوْنَ‏.‏

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