Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1505
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعْنِي فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ مُتَبَذِّلًا مُتَوَاضِعًا مُتَخَشِّعًا مُتَضَرِّعًا. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibn Abbas said: The Messenger of God went out to seek rain, dressed plainly and humbly, reverent and beseeching.
Al-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, al-Nasai, and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
مُتَبَذِّلًا مُتَوَاضِعًا مُتَخَشِّعًا مُتَضَرِّعًا
The four terms overlap in humility and supplication, and the first may describe plain or unceremonious dress.
Does dressed plainly best capture متبذل in this context, while preserving the other three qualities distinctly?