حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَی بْنُ حَمَّادٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَکْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ قَالَ کَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ النَّاسُ فَصَاحُوا وَقَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ قَحَطَ الْمَطَرُ وَاحْمَرَّ الشَّجَرُ وَهَلَکَتْ الْبَهَائِمُ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ وَفِيهِ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَی فَتَقَشَّعَتْ عَنْ الْمَدِينَةِ فَجَعَلَتْ تُمْطِرُ حَوَالَيْهَا وَمَا تُمْطِرُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَطْرَةً فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَی الْمَدِينَةِ وَإِنَّهَا لَفِي مِثْلِ الْإِکْلِيلِ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 2080
Anas b. Malik reported: The people were in the grip of famine during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and (once) as the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was delivering the sermon standing on the pulpit on Friday, a bedouin stood up and said: Messenger of Allah, the animals died and the children suffered starvation. The rest of the hadith is the same (and the words are) that he (the Holy Prophet) said: O Allah, send down rain in our suburbs but not on us. He (the narrator) said: To whichever directions he pointed with his hands, the clouds broke up and I saw Medina like the opening of a (courtyard) and the stream of Qanat flowed for one month, and none came from any part (of Arabia) but with the news of heavy rainfall.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020