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tabarani:13719ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > al-Qaʿnabī > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. Ghānim > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ziyād b. Anʿam > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi narrated, who said that Abdulah bin Umar bin Ghanim narrated from Abdul Rahman bin Ziyad bin An'am, who narrated from Abdullah bin Yazid, who narrated from Abdullah bin Amr, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The example of my Ummah is like that of rain, its beginning cannot be determined whether it is good or bad."  

الطبراني:١٣٧١٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ

ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ قَالَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ غَانِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَنْعَمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَثَلُ أُمَّتِي كَمَثَلِ الْمَطَرِ لَا يُدْرَى أَوَّلُهُ خَيْرٌ أَمْ آخِرُهُ»