صحيح البخاري
Sahih Bukhari
كتاب الاستسقاء
The Book of Al-Istisqa.
بَابُ سُؤَالِ النَّاسِ الإِمَامَ الاِسْتِسْقَاءَ إِذَا قَحَطُوا:
(3) Chapter. Request of the people to the Imam to offer the Istisqa prayer and invoke Allah for rain during drought.
Hadith 1009
وَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمٌ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، رُبَّمَا ذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَ الشَّاعِرِ " وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى وَجْهِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتَسْقِي ، فَمَا يَنْزِلُ حَتَّى يَجِيشَ كُلُّ مِيزَابٍ وَأَبْيَضَ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ ثِمَالُ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةٌ لِلْأَرَامِلِ " ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ .
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."
