Mustadrak al-Hakim — Hadith 6449

Mujahid narrates that Yazid bin Utbah bin Abi Lahab composed verses mentioning the clouds that watered the grave of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): "The sky poured down the rain of its mercy three times; that water flowed over the grave of Ibn Abbas. He used to tell us this, and we knew it with certain knowledge, whether one remembers it or forgets it: that the sky waters the grave with the rain of mercy. By my life! This matter is plain before the people. Had those people possessed an opinion that could protect them in times of calamity, they would have sent Ibn Abbas to you. What an excellent man his father was! Is there anyone like him among the people at the time of dispute and judgement? But they set up against you an old man from Yemen who does not even understand the reckoning of fives and sixes."