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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند أنس بن مالك
Musnad of Anas bin Malik
مُسْنَدُ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ
Musnad of Anas bin Malik
Musnad Abi Ya'la 3509 — the people said: O Messenger of Allah, our
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، أَنَّ النَّاسَ قَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، هَلَكَ الْمَالُ ، قَحَطْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَهَلَكَ الْمَالُ ، فَاسْتَسْقِ لَنَا ، فَقَامَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَاسْتَسْقَى - وَوَصَفَ حَمَّادٌ بَسْطَ يَدَيْهِ حِيَالَ صَدْرِهِ ، وَبَطْنُ كَفَّيْهِ مِمَّا يَلِي الْأَرْضَ - وَمَا فِي السَّمَاءِ قَزَعَةٌ ، فَمَا انْصَرَفَ حَتَّى أَهَمَّتِ الشَّابَّ الْقَوِيَّ نَفْسُهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ ، قَالَ : فَمُطِرْنَا إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ الْأُخْرَى ، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، تَهَدَّمَ الْبُنْيَانُ ، وَانْقَطَعَ الرُّكْبَانُ ، فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَكْشِفَهَا عَنَّا ، فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلَا عَلَيْنَا ، قَالَ : فَانْجَابَتْ حَتَّى كَانَتِ الْمَدِينَةُ كَأَنَّهَا فِي إِكْلِيلٍ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the people said: "O Messenger of Allah, our wealth has perished and we have been struck by drought; O Messenger of Allah, the livestock have perished, so pray to Allah for rain for us." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood on the pulpit on the day of Friday and made the prayer for rain (istisqa'). The narrator of the hadith, Hammad (may Allah have mercy on him), describing the manner of his (peace and blessings be upon him) supplication, said that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had spread both his hands level with his chest, with his palms facing the ground. At that time there was not even a patch of cloud in the sky, yet he (peace and blessings be upon him) had not yet finished when such heavy rain began that even a strong young man found it hard to reach his home; then it rained on us continuously until the next Friday. Thereupon the people said again: "O Messenger of Allah, (because of the heavy rain) the houses have begun to collapse, and with the roads cut off the travellers' movement has stopped, so pray to Allah to remove this rain from us." On hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled and supplicated: 'Allahumma hawalayna wa la 'alayna' (O Allah, (send rain) around us and do not send it (as a burden) upon us). Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that (by the blessing of his (peace and blessings be upon him) supplication) the clouds immediately parted, and the city of Madinah (under a clear sky amid the clouds) stood out as though it were inside a crown or halo of clouds.
