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Sahih Bukhari 4147 — Rain Is From Allah's Mercy
The Ghazwa of Al-Hudaibiya
وَقَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {لَقَدْ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ} .
Hadith About Rain Through Allah's Mercy and Tawhid
Sahih Bukhari : 4147
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 4147
حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي صَالِحُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَامَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ، فَأَصَابَنَا مَطَرٌ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ، فَصَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الصُّبْحَ، ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ " أَتَدْرُونَ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ ". قُلْنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. فَقَالَ " قَالَ اللَّهُ أَصْبَحَ مِنْ عِبَادِي مُؤْمِنٌ بِي وَكَافِرٌ بِي، فَأَمَّا مَنْ قَالَ مُطِرْنَا بِرَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ وَبِرِزْقِ اللَّهِ وَبِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ. فَهْوَ مُؤْمِنٌ بِي، كَافِرٌ بِالْكَوْكَبِ. وَأَمَّا مَنْ قَالَ مُطِرْنَا بِنَجْمِ كَذَا. فَهْوَ مُؤْمِنٌ بِالْكَوْكَبِ، كَافِرٌ بِي ".
Zaid bin Khalid Narrated from:
We went out with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the year of Al-Hudaibiya. One night it rained and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) led us in the Fajr prayer and (after finishing it), turned to us and said, "Do you know what your Lord has said?" We replied, "Allah and His Apostle know it better."He said, "Allah said:-- "(Some of) My slaves got up believing in Me, And (some of them) disbelieving in Me. The one who said: We have been given Rain through Allah's Mercy and Allah's Blessing and Allah's Bounty, then he is a believer in Me, and is a disbeliever in the star. And whoever said: We have been given rain because of such and- such star, then he is a believer in the star, and is a disbeliever in Me."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4147In-book reference : Book 64, Hadith 191USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 468
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 4147
This hadith about rain through Allah's mercy teaches a clear point of Tawhid. After a rainy night in the year of Al-Hudaibiya, the Prophet led Fajr and then told the people what Allah had said. Some servants woke as believers in Allah, and some as disbelievers in Him. The difference was in how they spoke about the rain. Whoever said the rain came by Allah's mercy, blessing, and bounty was described as believing in Allah and rejecting the star. Whoever said the rain came because of a certain star was described as believing in the star and disbelieving in Allah. The hadith teaches us to connect blessings back to Allah.
What we learn from this hadith
- Rain is to be linked to Allah's mercy, blessing, and bounty.
- The way a person speaks about blessings reflects belief.
- The hadith warns against attributing rain to stars instead of Allah.
