What is the authenticity of the circulating message that speaks of the great benefits of April rain, citing a prophetic hadith mentioning that Gabriel taught the Messenger a supplication for healing with rainwater in April by reciting specific surahs upon it seventy times, and that it contains healing from every disease, provision of children, and release from infertility?
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This Hadith has no basis in the books of Sunnah, nor has anyone narrated it with a chain of transmission. Rather, it is mentioned in Shia books, quoted from the book "Zād al-ʿĀbidīn" by Al-Husayn ibn Abī al-Hasan al-Kāshgharī, who is accused of lying, fabricating Hadith, and writing spurious texts. Its transmitted chain of narration is replete with unknown individuals, similar to what Al-Majlisī and Al-Nūrī transmitted quoting Al-Kāshgharī. This Hadith is a fabricated, false narration, concocted by the Rawāfiḍ.
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