أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ إِسْحَقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ کِنَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَرْسَلَنِي فُلَانٌ إِلَی ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الِاسْتِسْقَائِ فَقَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُتَضَرِّعًا مُتَوَاضِعًا مُتَبَذِّلًا فَلَمْ يَخْطُبْ نَحْوَ خُطْبَتِکُمْ هَذِهِ فَصَلَّی رَکْعَتَيْنِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1511
It was narrated from Hisham bin Is bin ‘Abdullah bin Kinanah that his father said: “So and so sent me to Ibn ‘Abbas to ask him how the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم prayed for rain (Istisqa’). He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم went out beseeching and bumble, (dressed) in a state of humility. He did not give a Khulbah like this Khutbah of yours, and he prayed two Rak’ahs.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020