Question

Is this Hadith authentic?

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

“Famine would not break out due to lack of rain, but there would be famine despite heavy rainfall as nothing would grow from the earth.”

Answer

Imam Muslim (rahimahullah) has recorded this Hadith on the authority of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu). The Hadith is therefore authentic.

(Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 2904)

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar,

Despite this world being a place of “cause and effect” it is only Allah Ta’ala who puts effect into the causes, when He so chooses.

This is manifest all the time. The above is just one such example.

Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar

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صحيح مسلم:
(٢٩٠٤) – حدثنا قتيبة بن سعيد، حدثنا يعقوب يعني ابن عبد الرحمن، عن سهيل، عن أبيه، عن أبي هريرة، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «ليست السنة بأن لا تمطروا، ولكن السنة أن تمطروا وتمطروا، ولا تنبت الأرض شيئا».