Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1526

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عَتَّابِ بْنِ حُنَيْنٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ لَوْ أَمْسَكَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْمَطَرَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ خَمْسَ سِنِينَ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهُ لأَصْبَحَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ كَافِرِينَ يَقُولُونَ سُقِينَا بِنَوْءِ الْمِجْدَحِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

‘Abd al-Jabbar ibn al-‘Ala’ narrated to us, from Sufyan, from ‘Amr, from ‘Attab ibn Hunayn, from Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “If Allah, Mighty and Sublime, were to withhold rain from His servants for five years and then send it, some people would become ungrateful, saying, ‘We have been given rain by the naw’ of al-Mijdah.’”

Translation notes
  • Naw’ refers to a star’s setting traditionally associated with rainfall; al-Mijdah is retained as the named star.