My father said, "I heard Ibn `Umar reciting the poetic verses of Abu Talib: And a white (person) (i.e.the Prophet) who is requested to pray for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian ofwidows." Salim's father (Ibn `Umar) said, "The following poetic verse occurred to my mind while Iwas looking at the face of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) while he was praying for rain. He did not get down tillthe rain water flowed profusely from every roof-gutter: And a white (person) who is requested to prayfor rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows . . . And these were thewords of Abu Talib."