Sahih Muslim, 2904
sahihChain of narration · Isnād
Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.
Narrated by Qutayba bin Sa'id bin JamilfromY'aqub bin 'Abdur Rahmanfrom'Abdur Rahman bin MuhammadfromAbu Hurairah
Hadith text · Matn
لَيْسَتِ السَّنَةُ بِأَنْ لاَ تُمْطَرُوا وَلَكِنِ السَّنَةُ أَنْ تُمْطَرُوا وَتُمْطَرُوا وَلاَ تُنْبِتُ الأَرْضُ شَيْئًا
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English translation
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
The famine would not break out because of drought, but there would be famine despite heavy rainfall as nothing would grow from the earth.
Original Arabic chain wording
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ - عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 54, Hadith 57
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 41, Hadith 6937 (deprecated numbering scheme)