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bayhaqi:6448Abū ʿAbdullāh > Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq > Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh > al-Ḥasan b. Mūsá al-Ashyab > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ sought rain by raising the backs of his hands towards the sky.  

البيهقي:٦٤٤٨وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْأَشْيَبُ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ اسْتَسْقَى فَأَشَارَ بِظَهْرِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُوسَى