Hadith 20550

Chapter 15

باب 15

(15) باب فِي سُكْنَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَعِمَارَتِهَا قَبْلَ السَّاعَةِ

(15) Chapter: The Inhabitants Of Al-Madinah And How Far It Will Be Developed Before The Hour (AR)
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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 " لَيْسَتِ السَّنَةُ بِأَنْ لاَ تُمْطَرُوا وَلَكِنِ السَّنَةُ أَنْ تُمْطَرُوا وَتُمْطَرُوا وَلاَ تُنْبِتُ الأَرْضُ شَيْئًا " .

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. (AR)

Reference (AR): Sahih Muslim 2904 (AR)

In-book reference (AR): Book 54, Hadith 57 (AR)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 41, Hadith 6937 (AR)