69 – ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us; al-Ḥasan ibn Abī al-Rabīʿ related to us; ʿAbd al-Razzāq reported, from Maʿmar, from Ayyūb—or someone else—from Abū Qilābah, who said: The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “There will always remain within my community seven people who never call upon Allah for anything without His answering them; through them rain is sent down, and through them victory is granted.” He added, as I think he said, “and through them you are shielded.”