Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

Chapter 42: The severe famine
Al-Baihaqee mentioned at this point the supplication which the Prophet ﷺ made
against Quraish when they disobeyed him, resulting in seven years similar to the seven
‏.عليهُالسالم years of Yusuf
And what he mentioned is similar to that which has been reported in the “Ṣaḥeeḥain”,
that Ibn Mas`ood رضيُاهللُعنه said: “Five things have passed: Al-Lizaam, the defeat of the
Romans, the mighty grasp (punishment), (the splitting of) the moon, and the smoke.” 320
In another narration, Ibn Mas`ood said: “When the Quraish disobeyed Allaah’s
Messenger ﷺ and refrained from accepting Islaam, he ﷺ supplicated Allaah
saying: ❝O Allaah! Help me against them by sending seven years of (famine) like
those of Yusuf.❞ So they were afflicted with such a severe year of famine that they
were destroyed therein and ate dead animals and bones [in another narration: and
skin]. They started seeing something like smoke between the sky and the earth
(because of severe hunger). Abu Sufyaan then came (to the Prophet ‏(ﷺ and said: ‘O
Muḥammad! You came to order us for to keep good relations with kith and kin, and
your kinsmen have now perished, so please invoke Allaah (to relieve them).’” Then Ibn
Mas`ood recited:
‏﴿فَار تَقِب ‏ُيَو مَُتَأ تِ‏ ‏ُالسَّمَاء ‏ُبِد خَان ‏ُمُّبِني ‏ُ*ُيَغ شَىُالنَّاسَ‏ ‏ُُۖهَىذَاُعَذَاب ‏ُأَلِيم ‏ُ*ُرَّبَّنَاُاك شِ‏ ف ‏ُعَنَّاُال عَذَابَ‏ ُ
إِنَّاُم ؤ مِنُونَُ*ُأََّنَّىَُلَ‏ م ‏ُالذِّك رَىُوَقَد ‏ُجَاءَه م ‏ُرَس ول ‏ُمُّبِني ‏ُ*ُث ‏َُّتَوَلَّو اُعَن ه ‏ُوَقَال واُم عَلَّم ‏ُّمَّ‏ ن ون ‏ُ*ُإِنَّاُكَاشِ‏ ف وُ‏
ال عَذَابِ‏ ‏ُقَلِيال ‏ُُۖإِنَّك م ‏ُعَائِد ونَ﴾‏
{Then wait you for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke. Covering the
people, this is a painful torment. (They will say): “Our Lord! Remove the torment
from us, really we shall become believers!” How can there be for them an admonition
(at the time when the torment has reached them), when a Messenger explaining
things clearly has already come to them? Then they had turned away from him
(Muḥammad) and said: “The one taught (by a human being), a madman!” Verily, We
shall remove the torment for a while. Verily! You will revert.} [Surah al-Dukhaan (44):
10-15]
320 Ṣaḥeeḥ al-Bukhaaree (4767, 4820, 4825) and Ṣaḥeeḥ Muslim (1211-131, 2798-41)
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