\nNarrated Anas:\n \n\nWhenever drought threatened them, `Umar bin Al-Khattab, used to ask Al-Abbas bin `Abdul Muttalib \nto invoke Allah for rain. He used to say, "O Allah! We used to ask our Prophet to invoke You for rain, \nand You would bless us with rain, and now we ask his uncle to invoke You for rain. O Allah ! Bless \nus with rain."(1) And so it would rain.\n

\nNarrated Anas:\n \n\nWhenever drought threatened them, `Umar bin Al-Khattab, used to ask Al-Abbas bin `Abdul Muttalib \nto invoke Allah for rain. He used to say, "O Allah! We used to ask our Prophet to invoke You for rain, \nand You would bless us with rain, and now we ask his uncle to invoke You for rain. O Allah ! Bless \nus with rain."(1) And so it would rain.\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ كَانَ إِذَا قَحَطُوا اسْتَسْقَى بِالْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّنَا فَتَسْقِينَا وَإِنَّا نَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِعَمِّ نَبِيِّنَا فَاسْقِنَا‏.‏ قَالَ فَيُسْقَوْنَ‏.‏