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ahmad:12554Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas

Anas b. Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for rain pointing the back of his hands to the sky. (Using translation from Muslim 895b)  

أحمد:١٢٥٥٤حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ اسْتَسْقَى فَأَشَارَ بِظَهْرِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ  


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muslim:895bʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > al-Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

Anas b. Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for rain pointing the back of his hands to the sky.  

مسلم:٨٩٥bوَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ اسْتَسْقَى فَأَشَارَ بِظَهْرِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ