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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 16 · Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa)
Sahih

سُؤَالِ النَّاسِ الإِمَامَ الاِسْتِسْقَاءَ إِذَا قَحَطُوا

حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قُتَيْبَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، يَتَمَثَّلُ بِشِعْرِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَأَبْيَضَ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ ثِمَالُ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةٌ لِلأَرَامِلِ. وَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، رُبَّمَا ذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَ الشَّاعِرِ وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ، إِلَى وَجْهِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَسْتَسْقِي، فَمَا يَنْزِلُ حَتَّى يَجِيشَ كُلُّ مِيزَابٍ. وَأَبْيَضَ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ ثِمَالَ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةً لِلأَرَامِلِ وَهْوَ قَوْلُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ.

Translation

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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.

Request of the people to the Imam to offer the Istisqa' prayer

And a white (person) (i.e. the Prophet) who is requested to pray for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows." Salim's father (Ibn `Umar) said, "The following poetic verse occurred to my mind while I was looking at the face of the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was praying for rain. He did not get down till the rain water flowed profusely from every roof-gutter: And a white (person) who is requested to pray for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows . . . And these were the words of Abu Talib."

English from hadithapi.com

Deutsch

Ibn Umar berichtete: Ich hörte ihn (Ibn Umar) den Vers von Abu Talib zitieren: „Ein Leuchtender (Abyad), durch dessen Angesicht die Wolken um Regen gebeten werden, die Stütze der Waisen und der Schutz der Witwen.“ Und Salim berichtete von seinem Vater (Ibn Umar): Manchmal erinnerte ich mich an den Ausspruch des Dichters, während ich das Angesicht des Propheten (ﷺ) beobachtete, wie er um Regen flehte. Er kam nicht [vom Ort der Bitte] herunter, bis jeder Abfluss [mit Wasser] überquoll. (Der Vers lautet:) „Ein Leuchtender, durch dessen Angesicht die Wolken um Regen gebeten werden, die Stütze der Waisen und der Schutz der Witwen.“ Und dies ist das Wort von Abu Talib.

Machine-translated (Gemini) · unreviewed

Türkçe

İbn Ömer şöyle nakletti: Onu (İbn Ömer’i) Ebu Talib’in şu şiirini okurken işittim: “O beyaz (parlak yüzlü) olandan ki, onun yüzü hürmetine bulutlardan yağmur istenir; yetimlerin dayanağı, dulların koruyucusudur.” Salim babasından (İbn Ömer’den) aktardı: Ben, Allah’ın Elçisi’nin (ﷺ) yağmur duası ederken mübarek yüzüne bakarken, bazen şairin şu sözünü hatırladım: O, her oluk coşana kadar [dua ettiği yerden] inmezdi. “O beyaz (parlak yüzlü) olandan ki, onun yüzü hürmetine bulutlardan yağmur istenir; yetimlerin dayanağı, dulların koruyucusudur.” Bu, Ebu Talib’in sözüdür.

Machine-translated (Gemini) · unreviewed