Thus Ibn Ḥazm records it in his book (1); but the poem itself shows weakness and artificial composition, and appears to be fabricated—God knows best.

The Prophet’s Supplication for Rain

Among the celestial signs adduced as proofs of Prophethood is the occasion when the Messenger ﷺ entreated his Lord ﷿ for his community after the rain had been withheld. The response came with such speed that he had not yet stepped down from the pulpit before water was streaming from his beard ﷺ. The same occurred when he later prayed for clear skies.

Al-Bukhārī said: ʿAmr ibn ʿAlī related to us, Abū Qutaybah related to us, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Dīnār related to us, from his father, who said: I heard Ibn ʿUmar reciting the verse of Abū Ṭālib:
“ A fair-faced one whose countenance the clouds seek for rain—
 A refuge (2) for orphans, a guardian for widows. ” (3)

Al-Bukhārī (4) also said: ʿUmar ibn Ḥamzah related to us, Sālim related from his father: “More than once I recalled the poet’s words while gazing at the face of the Messenger of God ﷺ as he supplicated for rain; he would not come down before every waterspout was gushing.”

“ A fair-faced one whose countenance the clouds seek for rain—
 A refuge for orphans, a guardian for widows.”

These are the words of Abū Ṭālib, transmitted only by al-Bukhārī.

The report that he cited in suspended form (5) has been furnished with a complete chain by Ibn Mājah (6) in his Sunan: he narrated it from Aḥmad ibn al-Azhar, from Abū al-Naḍr, from Abū ʿAqīl, from ʿUmar ibn Ḥamzah, from Sālim, from his father.

Al-Bukhārī further said: Muḥammad—meaning Ibn Salām—related to us, Abū Ḍumrah related to us, Sharīk ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Namr related to us, that he heard Anas ibn Mālik say that a man once entered the mosque on a Friday through a door that faced the pulpit,