| On Asking for Rain (178) |
It is reported by way of Jăbir bin `Abdillăh  that he said: Some weeping women came to the Prophet  , so the Prophet said: Allăhumma sqină ghaythan mugheethan, maree'an, maree`an, năfi`an, ghayra dhărrin, `ăjilan, ghayra 'ăjilăn (191)
whereupon the sky covered them (192) |
| Footnotes
(191) O my ilah water us with a rain that will rescue us, be to our health, be abounding
in herbage, be benificial to us not harmful [not destructive to pasture, etc.] and in haste not delay.
(192) The above was a literal translation. Dr. Mohammad Khaleel Harras said in his authentication
of Al-Kalim At-Tayyib that it means that the gates of the sky opened with pouring showers. |
| Reporters
Al-Albăni said it was of sound ascription and that it was reported by Abu Dawood, and Al-Hăkim who said that it was sound
according to the conditions of both Al-Bukhări and Muslim. Al-Albăni included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings
as #124 |
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| On Asking for Rain (179) |
It is reported of`Aa'ishata  that she said: people complained to the Messenger of Allah about lack of rain, so he ordered that a pulpit [or a platform] be placed for him in his place of prayer, and he promised
the people a day when they would all come out and meet. So the Messenger of Allah came out when the rim of the sun became apparent, he then sat on the pulpit, Magnified, and Praised Allah to Whom belongs
Glory and Power, and then said: You have complained of the bareness of your land, and of the rainfall being past-due relative
to its usual timing, and Allah Glory be to Him has commanded you to supplicate to Him, and He has promised you that he would
grant you. He then said: <<'Al-hamdu lil-lăhi rabbil `ălameena (1). 'Arrahmăni 'arraheemi (2). Măliki yawmiddeeni
(3)>> (193)
Lă 'ilăha 'illă 'allăhu, yaf`alu mă yureedu, 'allăhumma 'anta 'allăhu lă 'ilăha 'illă 'anta ghaniyyu,
wa nahnul fuqară'u, 'anzil `alaynă 'al-ghaytha, waj`al mă 'anzalta lană quwwatan wa balăghan 'ilă heenin (194)
Then he raised his hands, and kept them raised till the whiteness of his underarms became apparent. He, then, turned his
back towards the people, and flipped or inverted his garment, and he was raising his hands, then he turned towards the people,
descended and prayed [a prayer consisting of] two bows. Then Allah to Whom belongs Glory and Power formed a cloud; thunder
and lightning then came out of it, then it rained by the leave of Allah The Exalted. He had not yet reached his mosque when
streams were flowing. When he, then, noticed the speed of these streams in reaching the homes and buildings he laughed that his molar teeth became visible. Then he said: I bear witness that Allah is well able of everything, and that
I am His bondservant and Messenger. |
| Footnotes
(193) First three verses of Surat 'Al-Fatihah (#1) in the meaning of: <<All Praise
be to Allah the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds (1). The All-Merciful The Mercy-Bestowing [upon his faithful bondservants]
(2). Master of the Day of Judgement (3).>>
(194) There is no ilăh except Allah, He does what He wills, O my ilăh You are The Iilăh,
there is no ilăh other than You, You are the One needless of others, and we are the needy, bring rain down upon us, and make
what You will have brought down [a means of] strength and subsistence until some time. |
| Reporters
Reported by Abu Dawood. Al-Albăni said it was of comely ascription, that Abu Dawood said it was of good ascription and
that Al-Hăkim and Ath-Thahabi further reported this hadeeth and said it was sound. Al-Albăni then pointed out that its ascription
was just comely. Al-Albăni included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #125 |
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