An Arabi from the desert came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on Friday and said, "Messenger of Allah, the livestock have perished, the families have perished, the people have perished."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hands in supplication, and the people raised their hands with him in supplication.He said, We had not yet left the mosque before rain fell upon us, and it kept raining until the following Friday. Then the man came to the Prophet of Allah ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the traveler is in hardship, and the roads are blocked."
أتى رجل أعرابي من أهل البدو إلى رسول الله ﷺ يوم الجمعة فقال: يا رسول الله! هلكت الماشية هلك العيال، هلك الناس، فرفع رسول الله ﷺ يديه يدعو، ورفع الناس معه يدعون. قال فما خرجنا من المسجد حتى مطرنا، فما زلنا نمطر حتى كانت الجمعة الأخرى، فأتى الرجل إلى نبي الله ﷺ فقال: يا رسول الله ﷺ! بشق المسافر، ومنع الطريق.
Bukhari narrated it in the chapter on rain-seeking (1029). He said, Ayub bin Sulayman said, Abu Bakr bin Abu Uways told me, from Sulayman, from Bilal, Yahya bin Saeed said, I heard Anas bin Malik say, then he related it.His statement "Ayub bin Sulayman said" appears on its surface to indicate that this chain is muallaq (suspended), but the correct view is that it is muttasil (connected), because Ayub bin Sulayman is one of Bukhari's own teachers, as is the view of Ibn Salah.Muslim narrated it in the chapter on rain-seeking (897) through another route from Anas, similarly.As for his word "bishaqq," with fatha on the ba and kasra on the shin, followed by a qaf, it means weary.Khattabi said, "Rather it is 'lathiq,' with a lam. It is said, 'the road became lathiq,' meaning it turned muddy, and 'the garment became lathiq' when the dampness of the rain struck it."