Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 1507

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُوَاكِئُ فَقَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثًا مُغِيثًا مَرِيئًا مُرِيعًا نَافِعًا غَيْرَ ضَارٍّ عَاجِلًا غَيْرَ آجِلٍ» . قَالَ: فَأَطْبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Jabir said: I saw the Messenger of God yuwaki [unclear in the source]. He said: O God, send us rain that brings relief, wholesome and fertile, beneficial and not harmful, immediate and not delayed.

Jabir said: Then the sky clouded over them. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The verb يواكئ is unclear in the supplied Arabic. It is transliterated rather than replaced with the English witness reading, raising his hands in supplication.

  • رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُوَاكِئُ

    The verb يواكئ is unclear in the supplied Arabic. The English witness renders it as raising his hands in supplication, but that cannot be confirmed from this wording alone.

    Can this verb be checked against a reliable Arabic edition or parallel?