Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1525

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، قَالَ مُطِرَ النَّاسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ أَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمُ اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَ مَا أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَى عِبَادِي مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ إِلاَّ أَصْبَحَ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ بِهَا كَافِرِينَ يَقُولُونَ مُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَمَّا مَنْ آمَنَ بِي وَحَمِدَنِي عَلَى سُقْيَاىَ فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي آمَنَ بِي وَكَفَرَ بِالْكَوْكَبِ وَمَنْ قَالَ مُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَذَاكَ الَّذِي كَفَرَ بِي وَآمَنَ بِالْكَوْكَبِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Qutaybah narrated to us; he said: Sufyan narrated to us, from Salih ibn Kaysan, from ‘Ubaydullah ibn ‘Abdullah, from Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani, who said: It rained during the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) time, and he said: “Have you not heard what your Lord said last night? He said: ‘I have never bestowed a blessing upon My servants without some of them becoming ungrateful for it, saying, “We have been given rain by such-and-such a naw’.” As for the one who believes in Me and praises Me for My sending down rain, that person believes in Me and disbelieves in the star. But the one who says, “We have been given rain by such-and-such a naw’,” has disbelieved in Me and believed in the star.’”

Translation notes
  • Naw’ refers to a star’s setting, traditionally invoked as the cause of rain; the Arabic term is retained.