Chapter on the Prayer for Seeking Rain
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 3|Book 1|Chapter 8
عَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ اَلْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ:« مَضَتِ اَلسُّنَّةُ أَنَّهُ لاَ يُسْتَسْقَى إِلاَّ بِالْبَرَارِي حَيْثُ يَنْظُرُ اَلنَّاسُ إِلَى اَلسَّمَاءِ وَلاَ يُسْتَسْقَى فِي اَلْمَسَاجِدِ إِلاَّ بِمَكَّةَ»
From him, from Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Barqi, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Abu al-Bakhtari, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, from his father عليه السلام, from Imam Ali عليه السلام, peace be upon him, that he said:
Imam Ali عليه السلام said: “The established Sunnah is that the prayer for rain (istisqa) is not performed except in open lands, where people can look towards the sky, and it is not performed in mosques except in Mecca.”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 3, p. 163
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