أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ إِسْحَقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ کِنَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَرْسَلَنِي أَمِيرٌ مِنْ الْأُمَرَائِ إِلَی ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ الِاسْتِسْقَائِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ مَا مَنَعَهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَنِي خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُتَوَاضِعًا مُتَبَذِّلًا مُتَخَشِّعًا مُتَضَرِّعًا فَصَلَّی رَکْعَتَيْنِ کَمَا يُصَلِّي فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ وَلَمْ يَخْطُبْ خُطْبَتَکُمْ هَذِهِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1526
It was narrated from Hisham bin Ishaq bin ‘Abdullah bin Kinanah that his father said: “One of the governors sent me to Ibn ‘Abbas to ask him about the prayer for rain. He said: ‘What kept him from asking me? The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم went out humbly, (dressed) in a state of humility, submissiveness and beseeching, and he prayed two Rak’ahs as in the ‘Eid prayer, but he did not deliver a Khutbah like this Khutbah of yours.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020