Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 5727
وَعَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ قَالَ: أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ: جَهِدَتِ الْأَنْفُسُ وَجَاعَ الْعِيَالُ وَنُهِكَتِ الْأَمْوَالُ وَهَلَكَتِ الْأَنْعَام فَاسْتَسْقِ اللَّهَ لَنَا فَإِنَّا نَسْتَشْفِعُ بِكَ عَلَى الله نستشفع بِاللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ» . فَمَا زَالَ يسبّح حَتَّى عُرف ذَلِك فِي وُجُوه أَصْحَابه ثُمَّ قَالَ: «وَيْحَكَ إِنَّهُ لَا يُسْتَشْفَعُ بِاللَّهِ عَلَى أَحَدٍ شَأْنُ اللَّهِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَيْحَكَ أَتَدْرِي مَا اللَّهُ؟ إِنَّ عَرْشَهُ عَلَى سَمَاوَاتِهِ لَهَكَذَا» وَقَالَ بِأَصَابِعِهِ مَثْلَ الْقُبَّةِ عَلَيْهِ «وإِنه ليئط أطيط الرحل بالراكب» رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Jubayr ibn Mut‘im said: A Bedouin came to the Messenger of God and said, ‘People are suffering, the families are hungry, wealth is depleted, and livestock has perished. Ask God to send us rain, for we seek your intercession with God, and we seek God’s intercession with you.’ The Prophet said, ‘Glory be to God! Glory be to God!’ He continued glorifying God until this could be seen on the faces of his Companions. Then he said, ‘Woe to you! God is not sought as an intercessor with anyone; God’s majesty is greater than that. Woe to you! Do you know what God is? His Throne is above His heavens like this,’ and he indicated with his fingers something like a dome over him. ‘And it creaks with the creaking of a saddle beneath its rider.’ Abu Dawud transmitted it.