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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ صَلَاةَ الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ يَجِبُ أَنْ يُجْهَرَ فِيهَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ

ibnhibban:2865ʿUmar b. Muḥammad al-Hamdānī > Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbbād b. Tamīm > ʿAmmih

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to seek rainfall so he faced the Qibla, turned his back towards the people, flipped his cloak, and performed two loud Rak'ahs during which he recited out loud.  

ابن حبّان:٢٨٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَرَجَ يَسْتَسْقِي فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَوَلَّى ظَهْرَهُ النَّاسَ وَقَلَبَ رِدَاءَهُ وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ جَهَرَ فِيهِمَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ»  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:1024Abū Nuʿaym > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbbād b. Tamīm > ʿAmmih

from his uncle who said, "The Prophet ﷺ went out to invoke Allah for rain. He faced the Qibla invoking Allah. He turned over his cloak (inside out) and then offered two rakʿat and recited the Qur'an aloud in them."  

البخاري:١٠٢٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ

خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَسْتَسْقِي فَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ يَدْعُو وَحَوَّلَ رِدَاءَهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ جَهَرَ فِيهِمَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ  

bukhari:1025Ādam > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbbād b. Tamīm > ʿAmmih

"I saw the Prophet ﷺ on the day when he went out to offer the Istisqa' prayer. He turned his back towards the people and faced the Qibla and asked Allah for rain. Then he turned his cloak inside out and led us in a two rakʿat prayer and recited the Qur'an aloud in them."  

البخاري:١٠٢٥حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَوْمَ خَرَجَ يَسْتَسْقِي قَالَ فَحَوَّلَ إِلَى النَّاسِ ظَهْرَهُ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ يَدْعُو ثُمَّ حَوَّلَ رِدَاءَهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى لَنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ جَهَرَ فِيهِمَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ  

muslim:894bYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Bakr > ʿAbbād b. Tamīm > ʿAmmih

Ibn Tamim narrated on the authority of his uncle ('Abdullah b. Zaid) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to the place of prayer and prayed for rain and faced towards Qibla, and turned round his mantle and prayed two rak'ahs.  

مسلم:٨٩٤bوَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ

خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى فَاسْتَسْقَى وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَقَلَبَ رِدَاءَهُ وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ  

nasai:1520ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Yaḥyá > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad > ʿAbbād b. Tamīm > ʿAbdullāh b. Zayd

The Prophet ﷺ went out to pray for rain, and he prayed two rak'ahs facing the Qiblah. (Sahih  

النسائي:١٥٢٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ يَسْتَسْقِي فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ  

nasai:1522Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sufyān > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbbād b. Tamīm > ʿAmmih

The Prophet ﷺ went out and prayed for rain, then he prayed two rak'ahs in which he recited loudly.  

النسائي:١٥٢٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ فَاسْتَسْقَى فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ جَهَرَ فِيهِمَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ  

abudawud:1161Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Thābit al-Marwazī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbbād b. Tamīm > ʿAmmih

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took the people out (to the place of prayer) and prayed for rain. He led them in two rak'ahs of prayer in the course of which he recited from the Qur'an in a loud voice. He turned around his cloak and raised his hands, prayed for rain and faced the qiblah  

أبو داود:١١٦١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ بِالنَّاسِ لِيَسْتَسْقِيَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ جَهَرَ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فِيهِمَا وَحَوَّلَ رِدَاءَهُ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فَدَعَا وَاسْتَسْقَى وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ  

ahmad:16436Abū Muʿāwiyah > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbbād b. Tamīm > ʿAmmih

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to seek rain. He faced the direction of the Qibla, turned his cloak inside out, raised his voice in recitation, and prayed two units of prayer.  

أحمد:١٦٤٣٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَسْتَسْقِي فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَحَوَّلَ رِدَاءَهُ وَجَهَرَ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ  

ahmad:16437ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbbād b. Tamīmʿan ʿAmmih

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took the people out (to the place of prayer) and prayed for rain. He led them in two rak'ahs of prayer in the course of which he recited from the Qur'an in a loud voice. He turned around his cloak and raised his hands, prayed for rain and faced the qiblah (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1161)   

أحمد:١٦٤٣٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍعَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالنَّاسِ يَسْتَسْقِي فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَجَهَرَ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فِيهَا وَحَوَّلَ رِدَاءَهُ وَدَعَا وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ  

ahmad:16439Yazīd > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbbād b. Tamīm > ʿAmmih

[Machine] I witnessed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ going out to seek rain. Then he turned his back to the people, faced the Kaaba, turned his cloak inside out, and started supplicating. He performed two Rakahs (units) of prayer and recited the Quran aloud.  

أحمد:١٦٤٣٩حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ يَسْتَسْقِي فَوَلَّى ظَهْرَهُ النَّاسَ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَحَوَّلَ رِدَاءَهُ وَجَعَلَ يَدْعُو وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَجَهَرَ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ  

ahmad:16468Abū Nuʿaym > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbbād b. Tamīm > ʿAmmih

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out, faced the direction of the Qibla, supplicated, adjusted his garment, and then performed two units of prayer, reciting aloud in them.  

أحمد:١٦٤٦٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ فَتَوَجَّهَ الْقِبْلَةَ يَدْعُو وَحَوَّلَ رِدَاءَهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ جَهَرَ فِيهِمَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ  

darimi:1574Yazīd b. Hārūn > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd al-Anṣārī > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm > ʿAbbād b. Tamīm > ʿAbdullāh b. Zayd Yadhkur

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out with the people to the place of prayer seeking rain, and he faced the Qibla (direction of prayer) and turned his cloak."  

الدارمي:١٥٧٤أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرِ بْنَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ زَيْدٍ يَذْكُرُ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ بِالنَّاسِ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى يَسْتَسْقِي فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَحَوَّلَ رِدَاءَهُ»  

nasai-kubra:1838ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Abū Bakr b. Muḥammad > ʿAbbād b. Tamīm > ʿAbdullāh b. Zayd

The Prophet ﷺ went out to pray for rain, and he prayed two rak'ahs facing the Qiblah. (Sahih (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1520)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٨٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «خَرَجَ يَسْتَسْقِي فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ»