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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī

الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سَبْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

tabarani:6556 – Aḥmad b. ʿAmr al-Khallāl al-Makkī > Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumayd > Sabrah b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. al-Rabīʿ b. Sabrah from his father from his grandfather from his father

[Machine] The companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a cloud, so they said, "O Messenger of Allah, we were hoping that this cloud will rain on us." He said, "It has been commanded to rain on Balil," meaning a valley called Balil.  

الطبراني:٦٥٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْخَلَّالُ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ثنا سَبْرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ

رَأَى أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَحَابَةً فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كُنَّا نَرْجُو أَنْ تُمْطِرَنَا هَذِهِ السَّحَابَةُ فَقَالَ «أُمِرَتْ أَنْ تُمْطِرَ بَلِيلَ» يَعْنِي وَادِيًا يُقَالُ لَهُ بَلِيلُ  

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tabarani:6555 – Aḥmad b. al-Muʿallá al-Dimashqī And ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Sabrah b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Sabrah from his father from his grandfather Rafaʿah > Nashaʾat Saḥābah

[Machine] The companions of the Prophet ﷺ said, "We were hoping that this cloud would rain on us." He said, "This cloud was commanded to rain on the valley."  

الطبراني:٦٥٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّى الدِّمَشْقِيُّ وَعَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَا ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ثنا سَبْرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ سَبْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ نَشَأَتْ سَحَابَةٌ فَقَالَ

أَصْحَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَرْجُو أَنْ تُمْطِرَنَا هَذِهِ السَّحَابَةُ فَقَالَ «هَذِهِ سَحَابَةٌ أُمِرَتْ أَنْ تُمْطِرَ يَعْنِي الْوَادِيَ»