Appeal For Help – Describes Abu Huraira: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “None of you should say: ‘O Allah, forgive me if You want; O Allah, be merciful to me if You want,’ but he should always appeal to Allah with determination, for nobody can force Allah to do something against His Will.” Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 80, Hadith 36
Bukhārī Related it in as-Sahīh, of istisqā’ (to invoke)
Allah for rain at the time of drought) ch.7 (1:344-5#969); Muslim, as-Sahīh, b. of salāt-ul-istisqā’ (prayer to invoke Allāh for rain at the time of drought) ch.2 (2:614-5#10/ 897); Bayhaqī, Dalā’il-un-nubuwwah (6:140); Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:472-3); and ‘Asqalānī in Fathul-bārī (2:508).
That a person entered the mosque through the door in front of the pulpit and the Holy Prophet was delivering the sermon while standing. So that person took a position right in front of him. Then he said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, the cattle have died and the paths are disconnected.
So pray to Allāh that He should send rain on us.’ The Messenger of Allah raised both of his hands and addressed (Allah): ‘O Allah, send us rain; O Allah, send us rain; O Allah, send us rain.’ Anas said: ‘
By God! We could see neither a cloud in the sky, nor even a fragment of a cloud, and there was neither a house nor any other building between us and the mountain. Then a piece of cloud, that was the size of a shield, appeared from behind the hill. It started floating in the sky and then it spread out, and it started raining.
By God! For six days we did not see the sun in the sky. Then the next Friday a person entered through the same door while the Prophet was delivering the sermon in the standing posture. He positioned himself in front of him and said:
“O Messenger of Allāh, the cattle have died and the paths are disconnected, so pray to Allah that he should stop the rain.”’ Anas relates that the Messenger of Allah again raised his hands and addressed (Allah):
‘O Allah, (the rain) may fall around us, and not on us; O Allah, (the rain) may fall on the hills, hillocks, valleys and the places where the trees grow.’ Anas says that the rain stopped and we came out (of the mosque) and we were walking in the sunshine. Sharīk said, ‘I asked Anas: was it the same person who had come before?’ He said, ‘I don’t know.
Once during the time of the holy
Prophet famine gripped Medina. The Prophet was delivering the Friday sermon to us that a person stood up and said, ‘O Messenger of Allāh, the horses and the goats have died. So pray to Allah that He may send us rain.’ The holy Prophet raised his holy hands and prayed.
Anas relates that (at that time) the sky was as (transparent as) cutglass. (But on account of the Prophet’s prayer,) the breeze blew instantly and the clouds came over.
Then they grew quite dense and then the sky opened its mouth wide (that is, it started raining in torrents). We came out from there and (drenched in rain and) almost drowning in water, we reached our homes. The rain did not stop till the next
Bukhārī related it in his as-Sahīh, b. of istisqā’ (to invoke Allāh for rain at the time of drought) ch.6,5,7,8,9,10,11, 20,23 (1:343-6,348,349#968,967,969-73,983, 986), b. of jumu‘ah (Friday prayer) ch.33 (1:315-6#891); Muslim, asSahīh, b. of salāt-ul-istisqā’ (prayer to invoke Allāh for rain at the time of drought) ch.2 (2:612-4#8/897); Nasā’ī, Sunan, b. of istisqā’ (3:154-5, 159-60, 161-3); Ibn Mājah, Sunan, b. of iqāmat-us-salāt was-sunnah fīhā (establishing prayer and its sunnahs) ch.154 (1:404#1269); Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad (3:256); Mālik bin Anas, al-Muwattā, b. of istisqā’, ch.2 (1:191#3); Abū Ya‘lā, Musnad (5:416# 3104); Ibn Khuzaymah, as-Sahīh, (3:144,147#1788, 1792); Ibn Hibbān, as-Sahīh (3:272-3#992); Bayhaqī, as-Sunan-ulkubrā (3:354-5) and Dalā’il-un-nubuwwah (6:139 -40); Baghawī, Sharh-us-sunnah (4:412-5#1166-7); Zayla‘ī, Nasb-ur-rāyah (2:238-9); Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāyah wannihāyah (4:472); Qastallānī, al-Mawāhib-ul-laduniyyah (4:265-6); and Zurqānī in his Commentary (11:120-5).
Friday. The same day the same person or someone else stood up and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, the houses have collapsed, so pray to Allah that this may stop.’ He smiled and then prayed (to Allah) that rain may fall around us, and not on us. So I saw that the clouds had rolled away from Medina (and Medina appeared) as if it was crowned by the sky.
In another tradition, Anas relates that
Allah shows to the people the blessing of His Prophet and the acceptance of his supplications. The proof of appeal for help by the practice of the Companions and the Prophet’s encouragement of their practice establishes the fact that it is not tainted with even a spot of disbelief.
It is impossible that a Companion should commit disbelief, and it is still impossible that the Prophet should condone his disbelief. In this case the Prophet is encouraging them in their act, which speaks volumes for its validity.
Bukhārī transmitted it in his as-Sahīh, b. of manāqib (virtues) ch.22 (3:1313#3389), b. of jumu‘ah (Friday prayer) ch.32 (1:315#890), b. of istisqā’ (to invoke Allāh for rain at the time of drought) ch.13 (1:346-7#975), b. of adab (good manners) ch.68 (5:2261#5742), b. of da‘awāt (supplications) ch.23 (5:2335#5982); Muslim, as-Sahīh, b. of salāt-ul-istisqā’ (prayer to invoke Allāh for rain at the time of drought) ch.2 (2:614-5#9/897); Nasā’ī, Sunan, b. of istisqā’ (3:165-6); Abū Dāwūd, Sunan, b. of salāt (prayer) 1:304-5 (#1174); Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad (3:271); Abū Ya‘lā, Musnad (6:82#3334); Ibn Khuzaymah, as-Sahīh(3:145-6#1789); Bayhaqī, as-Sunan-ul-kubrā (3:353-4, 356,357) and Dalā’il-un-nubuwwah (6:140); Baghawī, Sharhus-sunnah (4:415-6#1168); and Ibn Kathīr in al-Bidāyah wan-nihāyah (4:474).
Conclusion:
Here is an example of the difference between guidance from the Holy Quran, and guidance from Hadiths Shareef:
In the Holy Quran, there will be a Ayat from Allah that will describe “All Muslims must dua five times a day.” Although, from all of the collections of Hadiths Books we are guided on how we are supposed to perform our Duas. The hadiths give us a in-detail guideline for every step of the prayer from start to the end. Whereas in the Holy Quran we were only commanded to do the Dua’s
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