السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب صلاة الاستسقاء
Book of the Prayer for Rain
باب: ما يقول إذا سمع الرعد
What one says on hearing thunder
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ بِبَغْدَادَ، أنبأ أَبُو سَهْلِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْقَطَّانُ، ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْحَرْبِيُّ، ثنا عَفَّانُ، ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مُظَفَّرٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا سَمِعَ الرَّعْدَ وَالصَّوَاعِقَ قَالَ: " اللهُمَّ لَا تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ، وَلَا تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ، وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ ".
Salim bin Abdullah narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both) that whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard thunder or the crash of thunderbolts, he would say: 'Allahumma la taqtulna bi-ghadabika, wa la tuhlikna bi-'adhabika, wa 'afina qabla dhalik' (O Allah, do not kill us with Your wrath, nor destroy us with Your punishment, and pardon us before they come).
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الْمَعْرُوفِ الْفَقِيهُ، ثنا أَبُو سَهْلٍ بِشْرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ، ثنا دَاودُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ، ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، ثنا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ: أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا سَمِعَ الرَّعْدَ تَرَكَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَقَالَ: " سُبْحَانَ اللهِ الَّذِي يُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ، وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ هَذَا الْوَعِيدَ لِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ شَدِيدٌ ".
It is reported from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that whenever he heard the sound of thunder, he would stop talking and say: 'Subhana alladhi yusabbihu al-ra'du bi-hamdihi wa al-mala'ikatu min khifatih' (Glory be to the One whom "the thunder glorifies with His praise, and the angels (too) out of fear of Him" [Surah al-Ra'd: 13]). Then he would say: "This is a severe threat of Allah Almighty for the people of the earth."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ، أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ، أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ، أنبأ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِابْنِ طَاوسٍ: مَا كَانَ أَبُوكَ يَقُولُ إِذَا سَمِعَ الرَّعْدَ؟ قَالَ: كَانَ يَقُولُ: " سُبْحَانَ مَنْ سَبَّحْتَ لَهُ ". قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: " كَأَنَّهُ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {وَيُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ} [الرعد: ١٣] ".
Ibn Uyaynah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I said to Ibn Tawus (may Allah have mercy on him): What did your father say when he heard the sound of thunder? He said: He used to say: 'Subhana man sabbahta lah' (Glory be to the One whom you have glorified).
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It is as if he was going by the words of Allah Almighty: "And the thunder glorifies with His praise" [Surah al-Ra'd: 13], that thunder glorifies Allah.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It is as if he was going by the words of Allah Almighty: "And the thunder glorifies with His praise" [Surah al-Ra'd: 13], that thunder glorifies Allah.
