The Book of Friday Prayer, the Two Festivals, the Prayer for Rain, the Eclipse Prayer, and Funerals-04b
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The reciter: Abdullah ibn Muslimah ibn Qu'nab narrated to us, Sulayman—meaning ibn Bilal—narrated to us from Ja'far, who is ibn Muhammad, from Ata' ibn Abi Rabah, that he heard A'ishah, the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), say:
The Shaykh : It was said: "Whoever knows Allah best, fears Him most".
When it was a day of wind and clouds, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would show it on his face, going back and forth. When it rained, he was pleased by it, and that state left him. A'ishah said: So I asked him, and he said: "I feared that it might be a punishment sent down upon my Ummah." And he would say when he saw the rain: "Mercy."
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الرِّيحِ وَالْغَيْمِ، عُرِفَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ، وَأَقْبَلَ وَأَدْبَرَ، فَإِذَا مَطَرَتْ سُرَّ بِهِ، وَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ ذَلِكَ، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: فَسَأَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَذَابًا سُلِّطَ عَلَى أُمَّتِي، وَيَقُولُ، إِذَا رَأَى الْمَطَرَ: رَحْمَةٌThe Shaykh : It was said: "Whoever knows Allah best, fears Him most".