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bukhari:1008ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Abū Qutaybah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār from his father > Ibn ʿUmar Yatamathhal Bishiʿr Abū Ṭālib And ʾAbyaḍ Yustasqá al-Ghamām Biwajhih Thimāl al-Yatāmá ʿIṣmah Lilʾarāmil > ʿUmar b. Ḥamzah > Sālim > Abīh Rubbamā Dhakart Qawl al-Shāʿir

My father said, "I heard Ibn ʿUmar reciting the poetic verses of Abu Talib: And a white (person) (i.e. the Prophet) who is requested to pray for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows." Salim's father (Ibn ʿUmar) said, "The following poetic verse occurred to my mind while I was looking at the face of the Prophet ﷺ while he was praying for rain. He did not get down till the rain water flowed profusely from every roof-gutter: And a white (person) who is requested to pray for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows . . . And these were the words of Abu Talib."  

البخاري:١٠٠٨حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَتَمَثَّلُ بِشِعْرِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَأَبْيَضَ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ ثِمَالُ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةٌ لِلأَرَامِلِ وَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمٌ

عَنْ أَبِيهِ رُبَّمَا ذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَ الشَّاعِرِ وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى وَجْهِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَسْتَسْقِي فَمَا يَنْزِلُ حَتَّى يَجِيشَ كُلُّ مِيزَابٍ وَأَبْيَضَ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ ثِمَالَ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةً لِلأَرَامِلِ وَهْوَ قَوْلُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ  


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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī
ibnmajah:1272Aḥmad b. al-Azhar > Abū al-Naḍr > Abū ʿAqīl > ʿUmar b. Ḥamzah > Sālim from his father > Rubbamā Dhakart Qawl al-Shāʿir

“Sometimes I remember the words of the poet when I was looking at the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the pulpit. He did not come down until all the waterspouts in Al-Madinah were filled with rain. And I remember what the poet said: ‘He has a white complexion and rain is sought by virtue of his countenance, He cares for the orphans, and protects the widows, These are the words of Abu Talib.”  

ابن ماجة:١٢٧٢حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الأَزْهَرِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَقِيلٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رُبَّمَا ذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَ الشَّاعِرِ وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَمَا نَزَلَ حَتَّى جَيَّشَ كُلُّ مِيزَابٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَأَذْكُرُ قَوْلَ الشَّاعِرِ وَأَبْيَضَ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ ثِمَالُ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةٌ لِلأَرَامِلِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ  

ahmad:5673Abū al-Naḍr > Abū ʿAqīl / ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAqīl > ʿUmar b. Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Sālim from his father > Rubbamā Dhakart Qawl al-Shāʿir

“Sometimes I remember the words of the poet when I was looking at the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the pulpit. He did not come down until all the waterspouts in Al-Madinah were filled with rain. And I remember what the poet said: ‘He has a white complexion and rain is sought by virtue of his countenance, He cares for the orphans, and protects the widows, These are the words of Abu Talib.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1272)   

أحمد:٥٦٧٣حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَقِيلٍ وَهُوَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَقِيلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رُبَّمَا ذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَ الشَّاعِرِ وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَسْتَسْقِي فَمَا يَنْزِلُ حَتَّى يَجِيشَ كُلُّ مِيزَابٍ وَأَذْكُرُ قَوْلَ الشَّاعِرِ [البحر الطويل]وَأَبْيَضَ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ ثِمَالُ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةٌ لِلْأَرَامِلِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ  

bayhaqi:6426al-Bukhārī > ʿUmar b. Ḥamzah > Sālim > Abīh / Mā > Abū ʿAmr al-Adīb > Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > ʿAlī b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Naḍr > Abū ʿAqīl > ʿUmar b. Ḥamzah b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > Sālim from his father > Rubbamā Dhakart Qawl al-Shāʿir

My father said, "I heard Ibn ʿUmar reciting the poetic verses of Abu Talib: And a white (person) (i.e. the Prophet) who is requested to pray for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows." Salim's father (Ibn ʿUmar) said, "The following poetic verse occurred to my mind while I was looking at the face of the Prophet ﷺ while he was praying for rain. He did not get down till the rain water flowed profusely from every roof-gutter: And a white (person) who is requested to pray for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows . . . And these were the words of Abu Talib." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1008)   

البيهقي:٦٤٢٦قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ يَعْنِي مَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا أَبُو النَّضْرِ ثنا أَبُو عَقِيلٍ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سَالِمٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رُبَّمَا ذَكَرْتُ قَوْلَ الشَّاعِرِ وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَسْتَسْقِي فَمَا يَنْزِلُ حَتَّى يَجِيشَ كُلُّ مِيزَابٍ فَأَذْكُرُ قَوْلَ الشَّاعِرِ [البحر الطويل] وَأَبْيَضَ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ ثِمَالُ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةٌ لِلْأَرَامِلِ قَالَ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ