الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب خلق العالمBook of the Creation of the World
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْغَيْمِ وَالْمَطْرِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَ زَمَنِ الشَّتَاءِ
Chapter: What has been reported regarding clouds, rain, hail, and the winter season
Hadith 10249
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى غَيْمًا إِلَّا رَأَيْتُ فِي وَجْهِهِ الْهَيْجَ فَإِذَا أَمْطَرَتْ سَكَنَ
It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a cloud, I would see signs of fear and anxiety on his face. When it rained, then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would become calm.
Hadith 10250
وَعَنْهَا مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا رَأَى مَخِيلَةً تَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُهُ وَدَخَلَ وَخَرَجَ وَأَقْبَلَ وَأَدْبَرَ فَإِذَا أَمْطَرَتْ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ مَا أَمِنْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ {فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ} إِلَى {رِيحٍ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ} [الأحقاف: 24]
. (Second chain) Whenever the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saw clouds, his face would change and he would begin to go back and forth. When it started to rain, this state would leave him. When he was asked about the reason for this, he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: I have no security regarding this matter; it may be that this is the very thing about which Allah Almighty said: {فَلَمَّا رَاَوْہُ عَارِضًا مُّسْتَقْبِلَ اَوْدِیَتِہِمْ قَالُوْا ھٰذَا عَارِض’‘ مُّمْطِرُنَا بَلْ ھُوَ مَا اسْتَعْجَلْتُمْ بِہٖرِیْح’‘ فِیْھَا عَذَاب’‘ اَلِیْم’‘۔} Then, when they saw the punishment as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain." (No!) Rather, it is what you were impatient for—a wind wherein is a painful punishment. (Surah Al-Ahqaf: 24)
Hadith 10251
وَعَنْهَا أَيْضًا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا رَأَى نَاشِئًا مِنْ أُفُقٍ مِنْ آفَاقِ السَّمَاءِ تَرَكَ عَمَلَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِيهِ فَإِنْ كَشَفَ اللَّهُ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَإِنْ مَطَرَتْ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا
Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) also narrates that whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a cloud rising from any horizon of the sky, he would leave his work, even if he was performing prayer, and would say: O Allah! I seek refuge in You from the evil that is in it. Then if Allah the Exalted cleared it away, he would praise Him, and if it began to rain, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: O Allah! Send down beneficial rain.
Hadith 10252
عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ مُجْدَبِينَ فَيَنْزِلُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عَلَيْهِمْ رِزْقًا مِنْ رِزْقِهِ فَيُصْبِحُونَ مُشْرِكِينَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ وَكَيْفَ ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ يَقُولُونَ مُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ كَذَا
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Muawiyah Laithi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When people are afflicted by famine and Allah Almighty sends down His sustenance (in the form of rain), they become polytheists. Someone asked: O Messenger of Allah! How is that? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: People say that it rained because of such-and-such star.
Hadith 10253
عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ مُطِرْنَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ فَحَسَرَ ثَوْبَهُ حَتَّى أَصَابَهُ الْمَطَرُ قَالَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لِمَ صَنَعْتَ هَذَا قَالَ لِأَنَّهُ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِرَبِّهِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: During the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), it rained. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went outside, removed the cloth from a part of his body, until the rainwater touched that part. Someone asked: O Messenger of Allah! Why did you do this? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: Because it has just come freshly from its Lord.
Hadith 10254
وَعَنْهُ أَيْضًا قَالَ مُطِرْنَا بَرَدًا وَأَبُو طَلْحَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ صَائِمٌ فَجَعَلَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ قِيلَ لَهُ أَتَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ وَأَنْتَ صَائِمٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا هَذَا بَرَكَةٌ
It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: Hailstones fell during rain, Sayyiduna Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) began to eat the hailstones, even though he was fasting. Someone said: Do you eat these hailstones while you are fasting? He replied: These are blessings.
Hadith 10255
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ الشِّتَاءُ رَبِيعُ الْمُؤْمِنِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Winter is the spring for the believer.
Hadith 10256
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ السَّنَةَ لَيْسَ بِأَنْ لَا يَكُونَ فِيهَا مَطَرٌ وَلَكِنَّ السَّنَةَ أَنْ تُمْطِرَنَا السَّمَاءُ وَلَا تُنْبِتَ الْأَرْضُ
Syedna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, drought is not that rain does not fall, rather drought is that the sky sends down rain but the earth does not produce anything.
