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Sunan an-Nasa'iThe Book of Praying for Rain (Al-Istisqa')

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1526

Chapter: It is Makruh to attribute rain to the stars

Weak 3 scholars’ grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 1526

Narrator:Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عَتَّابِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

"‏ لَوْ أَمْسَكَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْمَطَرَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ خَمْسَ سِنِينَ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهُ لأَصْبَحَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ كَافِرِينَ يَقُولُونَ سُقِينَا بِنَوْءِ الْمِجْدَحِ ‏"

It was narrated that Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri said:

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'If Allah (SWT) were to withhold rain from His slaves for five years and then send it, some of the people would become disbelievers, saying: "We have been given rain by the star of Al-Mijdah."

Reported by An-Nasa’i (No. 1526).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan al-Nasa'i

قَوْله ( سُقِينَا ) عَلَى بِنَاء الْمَفْعُول ( بِنَوْءِ الْمِجْدَح ) بِكَسْرِ الْمِيم هُوَ نَجْم مِنْ النُّجُوم الدَّالَّة عَلَى الْمَطَر عِنْد الْعَرَبِ.…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1526
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1526
Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddahd. 1417 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 1526

Other versions

Weak Mishkat al-Masabih 4605

“If God were to withhold rain from his servants for five years and then send it, a section of mankind would be infidels saying they had been supplied with water through the agency of the rainy star al-Mijdah*.” Nasa’i transmitted it. * The word comet from a root meaning to stir up, and the plural…

" لَوْ أَمْسَكَ اللَّهُ الْقَطْرَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ خَمْسَ سِنِينَ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهُ لَأَصْبَحَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ كَافِرِينَ يَقُولُونَ: سُقِينَا بِنَوْءِ الْمِجْدَحِ "

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

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  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (1825)لَوْ أَمْسَكَ اللَّهُ الْقَطْرَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ خَمْسَ سِنِينَ ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهُ لأَصْبَحَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ كَافِرَيْنِ يَقُولُونَ : سُقِينَا بِنَوْءِ الْمِجْدَحِ

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