حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ إِسْحَقَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ کِنَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَرْسَلَنِي الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ وَهُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَی ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ اسْتِسْقَائِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَ مُتَبَذِّلًا مُتَوَاضِعًا مُتَضَرِّعًا حَتَّی أَتَی الْمُصَلَّی فَلَمْ يَخْطُبْ خُطْبَتَکُمْ هَذِهِ وَلَکِنْ لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي الدُّعَائِ وَالتَّضَرُّعِ وَالتَّکْبِيرِ وَصَلَّی رَکْعَتَيْنِ کَمَا کَانَ يُصَلِّي فِي الْعِيدِ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 558
It is narrated from Hisham bin Ishaq - and he was from Ibn Abdullah bin Kinanah - from his father who said: Al-Walid bin Uqbah, the governor of Al-Madinah, sent me to ask Ibn Abbas about how the Messenger of Allah would perform Salat Al-Istisqa. I came to him and he said: 'The Messenger of Allah would go out in modest dress, humbly, imploring, until he reached the Musalla. He would not give this Khutbah of yours, rather, he would continue supplication and imploring saying the Takbir, and pray two Rak'ah, just as he would pray for the Eid.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020