Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1266

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كِنَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ أَرْسَلَنِي أَمِيرٌ مِنَ الأُمَرَاءِ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الصَّلاَةِ، فِي الاِسْتِسْقَاءِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ مَا مَنَعَهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَنِي، قَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مُتَوَاضِعًا مُتَبَذِّلاً مُتَخَشِّعًا مُتَرَسِّلاً مُتَضَرِّعًا فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ كَمَا يُصَلِّي فِي الْعِيدِ وَلَمْ يَخْطُبْ خُطْبَتَكُمْ هَذِهِ ‏.‏

Translation

Ali bin Muhammad and Muhammad bin Ismail narrated to us: Waki narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Hisham bin Ishaq bin Abdullah bin Kinanah, from his father, who said: One of the rulers sent me to Ibn Abbas to ask him about the prayer for rain. Ibn Abbas said: What prevented him from asking me? He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out humbly, in plain clothes, submissively, walking unhurriedly, and earnestly supplicating. He prayed two rakahs as he prayed for Eid, but he did not deliver a sermon like this sermon of yours.