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bukhari:3850 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > ʿUbaydullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > Khilāl from Khilāl al-Jāhiliyyah al-Ṭaʿn

'Ubaidullah said: "I heard Ibn ʿAbbas saying, "Following are some traits of the people of the pre- Islamic period of ignorance (i) to defame the ancestry of other families, (ii) and to wail over the dead." 'Ubaidullah forgot the third trait. Sufyan said, "They say it (i.e. the third trait) was to believe that rain was caused by the influence of stars (i.e. if a special star appears it will rain).  

البخاري:٣٨٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ خِلاَلٌ مِنْ خِلاَلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الطَّعْنُ فِي الأَنْسَابِ وَالنِّيَاحَةُ وَنَسِيَ الثَّالِثَةَ قَالَ

سُفْيَانُ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهَا الاِسْتِسْقَاءُ بِالأَنْوَاءِ  

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bayhaqi:7112 – Abū Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Aṣbahānī > Abū Saʿīd b. al-Aʿrābī > Saʿdān b. Naṣr > Sufyān > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Yazīd > Ibn ʿAbbās > Khilāl from Khilāl al-Jāhiliyyah

[Machine] Sufyan says, "Indeed, it is the seeking of rain through supplication during the seasons."  

البيهقي:٧١١٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَزِيدَ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ خِلَالٌ مِنْ خِلَالِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الطَّعْنُ فِي الْأَنْسَابِ وَالنِّيَاحَةُ وَنَسِيَ الثَّالِثَةَ قَالَ

سُفْيَانُ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّهَا الِاسْتِسْقَاءُ بِالْأَنْوَاءِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمَدِينِيِّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ