Chapter 139
Remembrance 4 from Chapter 139
What to say on hearing thunder
Arabic
Romanisation
Subḥāna man yusabbiḥu-r-ra‘du bi-ḥamdihi wa-l-malā’ikatu min khīfatih.
Context
They mention that Ibn ‘Abbās
said: “We were with ‘Umar
on a journey. We experienced lightning, thunder and cold. Ka‘b told us: ‘Whoever says, when he hears thunder: Glory be to Him whose praise the thunder and the angels celebrate in fear of Him thrice will be protected from that thunder.’ We said it, and we were protected.” [4].
References
[4] Al-Futūḥāt (4/286). Ibn ‘Allān states that this hadith is reported by aṭ-Ṭabarānī. Ibn Ḥajar states that it is mawqūf with a ḥasan chain.