Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 3588, 3589
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِقَامَةُ حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مَطَرِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً فِي بلادِ الله» . رَوَاهُ ابْن مَاجَه وَرَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
Translation
Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of God said: Enforcing one of God's prescribed penalties is better than rain falling in God's lands for forty nights. Ibn Majah transmitted it. Al-Nasa'i transmitted it from Abu Hurayra.