Muwatta 513

The first hadith in the chapter on asking for rain. Yahya transmits from Malik from Yahya ibn Sa'id from Amr ibn Shu'ayb as a mursal: when the Prophet ﷺ asked for rain he said, "O God, give rain to Your servants and Your animals, spread Your mercy, and revive Your dead land". The editor notes Ibn Abd al-Barr's view that Malik transmitted it as a mursal, followed by al-Mu'tamir ibn Sulayman and Abd al-Aziz ibn Muslim al-Qasmali, while a group from Yahya ibn Sa'id from Amr ibn Shu'ayb from his father from his grandfather transmitted it connected, including Hafs ibn Ghiyath, al-Thawri, Abd al-Rahim ibn Sulayman and Salam Abu al-Mundhir. Abu Dawud (1176) gave al-Thawri's connected version and al-Bayhaqi Abd al-Rahim's, and Abu Hatim al-Razi preferred the mursal report, which the editor agrees with. ¹

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Prayer. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Muhammad, Amr ibn Shu'ayb and Yahya ibn Sa'id ibn Qays al-Ansari. Built on in the chapters on the rain prayer and supplication.