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Bayhaqi 6386 — The imam goes out in plain clothes, humble

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، ثنا أَبُو ثَابِتٍ الْمَدَنِيُّ، ثنا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كِنَانَةَ مِنْ بَنِي مَالِكِ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ الْوَلِيدَ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّمَا تَمَارَيْنَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ، فَقَالَ: لَا، بَلْ أَرْسَلَ ابْنُ أَخِيكُمْ - يَعْنِي الْوَلِيدَ وَهُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمَدِينَةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ - فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: " خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُتَبَذِّلًا، مُتَوَاضِعًا، مُتَضَرِّعًا، فَجَلَسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، فَلَمْ يَخْطُبْ خُطْبَتَكُمْ هَذِهِ، وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي الدُّعَاءِ، وَالتَّضَرُّعِ، وَالتَّكْبِيرِ، فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ كَمَا كَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ ".
Hisham bin Ishaq bin Abdullah bin Kinanah narrates from his father that al-Walid sent me to Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) to ask him about the rain prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So I came to him and said: We have been disputing in the mosque about the "salat al-istisqa'" (rain prayer) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: No; rather, your brother's son al-Walid has sent you; he was the governor of Madinah at that time. Then Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out in plain clothes, humbly, with lowliness and earnest entreaty, and sat on the minbar. He did not deliver a sermon like this sermon of yours today; rather, he (peace and blessings be upon him) kept on supplicating, entreating and proclaiming the greatness of Allah. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) led two rak'ahs, just as he used to lead in the two Eids.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب صلاة الاستسقاء / 6386
Hadith Grading محدثین: حسن
Hadith Takhrij «حسن۔ ابن خزيمة»