Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 5950
وَعَنْ أَبِي الْجَوْزَاءِ قَالَ: قُحِطَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ قَحْطًا شَدِيدًا فَشَكَوْا إِلَى عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ: انْظُرُوا قبر النَّبِي صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم فاجعلوا مِنْهُ كُوًى إِلَى السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى لَا يَكُونَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ سَقْفٌ فَفَعَلُوا فَمُطِرُوا مَطَرًا حَتَّى نَبَتَ الْعُشْبُ وَسَمِنَتِ الْإِبِلُ حَتَّى تَفَتَّقَتْ مِنَ الشَّحْمِ فَسُمِّيَ عَامَ الْفَتْقِ. رَوَاهُ الدَّارِمِيُّ
Abu al-Jawza’ reported: The people of Medina suffered a severe drought and complained to ‘A’ishah. She said, ‘Look at the Prophet’s grave and make an opening from it to the sky, so that there is no roof between it and the sky.’ They did so, and rain fell until the grass grew and the camels grew fat, splitting from the fat. That year was called the Year of Abundance. [Al-Darimi transmitted it]