Day: May 28, 2023

The Deputation of Fazárah
Volume 1, Parts II.74.12
He (Ibn Sad) said: Muhammad IbnUmar informed us; he said: Abd Allah Ibn Muhammad Ibn 'Umar al-Jurmahi informed us on the authority of Abu Wajzah al-Sadi; he said:
When the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, returned from Tabuk,
in the ninth year of hijrah, a deputation of Banu Fazarah, consisting of
more than ten members, waited on him. Among them were Khàrijah Ibn
Hisn and al-Hurr Ibn Qays Ibn Hisn and the latter was the youngest of
them all. They came on lean camels and believing in Islam. The Apostle
of Allah, may Allàh bless him, asked them about their towns. One of
them said 0 Apostle of Allah! our towns are in the grip of famine, our
beasts have perished, our adjoining territories are dry and our children
have succumbed to hunger. Pray to your Lord for us. The Apostle of
Allah, may Allah bless him, mounted the pulpit and prayed and said: O
Allah! let us have life-giving rains, blissful and flourishing verdure,
continuous quick without delay, and beneficial without any harm. O
Allah! let us have the rains of mercy, and not the rains of torment,
devastation and drowning and destruction. O Allah! let us have rains and
support us against our enemies. Then it rained and they could not see the
sky for six days. The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, then
ascended the pulpit and prayed to Allah! (Let it rain) around us on
mounds, rocks, valleys and places where trees grow but not on us. He
(Ibn Sa`d) said: The clouds scattered from over al-Madinah like a torn
cloth.