قَالَ : وَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى مُضَرَ ، قَالَ : فَأَتَيْتُهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ نَصَرَكَ وَأَعْطَاكَ وَاسْتَجَابَ لَكَ ، وَإِنَّ قَوْمَكَ قَدْ هَلَكُوا ، فَادْعُ اللَّهَ لَهُمْ . فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ نَصَرَكَ وَأَعْطَاكَ وَاسْتَجَابَ لَكَ ، وَإِنَّ قَوْمَكَ قَدْ هَلَكُوا ، فَادْعُ اللَّهَ لَهُمْ . فَقَالَ : " اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثًا مُغِيثًا ، مَرِيعًا طَبَقًا غَدَقًا غَيْرَ رَائِثٍ ، نَافِعًا غَيْرَ ضَارٍّ " فَمَا كَانَتْ إِلَّا جُمُعَةً أَوْ نَحْوَهَا حَتَّى مُطِرُوا . قَالَ شُعْبَةُ : فِي الدُّعَاءِ كَلِمَةٌ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ , وَفِي حَدِيث حَبِيبٍ ، أَوْ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ ، قَالَ : جِئْتُكَ مِنْ عِنْدِ قَوْمٍ مَا يَخْطِرُ لَهُمْ فَحْلٌ ، وَلَا يُتَزَوَّدُ لَهُمْ رَاعٍ.
He said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, supplicated against Mudar. He said: So I came to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, indeed Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has given you victory, granted you, and answered you, and your people have perished, so supplicate to Allah for them." But he turned away from him. He said: So I said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, indeed Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has given you victory, granted you, and answered you, and your people have perished, so supplicate to Allah for them." So he said: "O Allah, give us rain, abundant, beneficial, widespread, plentiful, not delayed, beneficial, not harmful." It was not but a week or so until they were given rain.
Shu'bah said: In the supplication there is a word I heard from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Salim regarding seeking rain, and in the hadith of Habib, or Amr, from Salim, he said: "I have come to you from a people for whom no stallion stirs, nor does a shepherd prepare provisions for them."