السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب صلاة الاستسقاء
Book of the Prayer for Rain
باب: الإمام يخرج متبذلا متواضعا متضرعا
The imam goes out in plain clothes, humble and imploring
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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.
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الصَّفَّارُ بِبَغْدَادَ، ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، ثنا وَكِيعٌ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كِنَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: أَرْسَلَنِي أَمِيرٌ مِنَ الْأُمَرَاءِ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: " مَا مَنَعَهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَنِي؟ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُتَوَاضِعًا، مُتَخَشِّعًا، مُتَبَذِّلًا، مُتَضَرِّعًا، مُتَرَسِّلًا، فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ كَمَا يُصَلِّي فِي الْعِيدِ، وَلَمْ يَخْطُبْ كَخُطْبَتِكُمْ ".
Hisham bin Ishaq bin Abdullah bin Kinanah narrates from his father that one of the governors sent me to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) to ask him about the rain prayer. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: What prevented him from asking me himself? Then he said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) went out humbly, with submissiveness and lowliness, entreating earnestly and walking gently. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) led two rak'ahs as he used to lead the Eid prayer, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not deliver a sermon like your sermon.
