Hadith 57

Sahih Muslim

Book 54: The Book of Tribulations and Portents of the Last Hour

Chapter 15

The Inhabitants Of Al-Madinah And How Far It Will Be Developed Before The Hour

باب فِي سُكْنَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَعِمَارَتِهَا قَبْلَ السَّاعَةِ

Sahih Muslim 2904
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ - عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ لَيْسَتِ السَّنَةُ بِأَنْ لاَ تُمْطَرُوا وَلَكِنِ السَّنَةُ أَنْ تُمْطَرُوا وَتُمْطَرُوا وَلاَ تُنْبِتُ الأَرْضُ شَيْئًا ‏"
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

The famine would not break out because of drought, but there would be famine despite heavy rainfall as nothing would grow from the earth.