Book 15: The Prayer for Rain
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1005
Abu Nu'aim (Fadl bin Dukain) narrated to us, he said: Sufyan told us. He narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Bakr, Abdullah from Abbad bin Tamim, Abbad from his paternal uncle (Hazrat Abdullah bin Zaid (ra)), that he said: The Prophet (saw) went out to pray for rain, and he turned his cloak inside out (while praying).
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حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي الضُّحَى عَنْ مَّسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ
Qutaibah narrated to us, (he said:) Mughirah bin Abdur Rahman told us. He narrated from Abuz Zinad, Abuz Zinad from A'raj, A'raj from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that when the Prophet (saw) raised his head from the last bowing (Ruku), he would say thus: “O Allah! Save Ayyash (ra) bin Abi Rabi'ah. O Allah! Save Salamah (ra) bin Hisham. O Allah! Save Walid (ra) bin Walid. O Allah! Rescue the weak Muslims. O Allah! Tread down severely upon Mudar. Make their years like the years of Hazrat Joseph (as).” The Prophet (saw) said: “May Allah forgive the tribe of Ghifar, and may Allah keep the tribe of Aslam in safety.” The son of Abuz Zinad said, narrating from his father: All these supplications were made in the morning prayer. {Humaidi narrated to us, he said: Sufyan (Thauri) told us. He narrated from A'mash, A'mash from Abud Duha, Abud Duha from Masruq, Masruq from Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud (ra)).}
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And Uthman bin Abi Shaibah also narrated to us, he said: Jarir (bin Abdul Hamid) told us. He narrated from Mansur, Mansur from Abud Duha, Abud Duha from Masruq, that he said: We were with Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud (ra)). He said: When the Prophet (saw) saw that the people were turning away, he said: “O Allah! A seven year famine, like the seven year famine that was sent in the time of Hazrat Joseph (as), (send it upon them).” So such a famine befell them that it destroyed everything, until at last they even ate hides, carrion and stinking corpses, and if any of them looked towards the sky, he saw nothing but smoke because of hunger. Abu Sufyan came to him (saw) and said: Muhammad (saw)! You command obedience to Allah, the Exalted, and the joining of the ties of kinship, and look, your people have perished. Pray to Allah for them. Allah, the Exalted, had said: “But watch thou for the day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke” (Qur’an 44:11) “but you will certainly revert to disbelief.” (Qur’an 44:16) “On the day when We shall seize you with the great seizure” (Qur’an 44:17). So this great seizure took place on the day of Badr. Thus the punishment of the smoke, the severe seizure, the prophecy of the inevitable (Lizam) and the prophecy concerning the Romans have all come to pass.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1008
Amr bin Ali narrated to us, he said: Abu Qutaibah narrated to us. He said: Abdur Rahman bin Abdullah bin Dinar told us. It is narrated from his father that he said: I heard Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) reciting this verse of poetry of Abu Talib:
And the fair one, by the blessing of whose face rain is sought from the clouds,
who is the refuge of the orphans and the support of the widows.
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And Umar bin Hamzah used to say: Salim told us that it is narrated from his father: Often I would recall the words of the poet while I looked at the face of the Prophet (saw) as he prayed for rain. He would not come down (from the pulpit) until the gutters began to flow forcefully. “And the fair one, by the blessing of whose face rain is sought from the clouds, who is the refuge of the orphans and the support of the widows.” And this is a verse of Abu Talib.
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Hasan bin Muhammad narrated to us, (he said:) Muhammad bin Abdullah (bin Muthanna) Ansari narrated to us. He said: My father Abdullah bin Muthanna told me. He narrated from Thumamah bin Abdullah bin Anas, Thumamah from Hazrat Anas (ra) (bin Malik), that (in the time of) Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (ra), when the people were struck by drought, he would pray for rain through the means of Hazrat Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib (ra) and say: O Allah! We used to come to You through the means of our Prophet (saw), and You would give us water to drink. Now we come to You through the means of the uncle of our Prophet (saw). Send down rain for us and give us water to drink. The narrator used to say: Rain would be sent down for them.
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Ishaq narrated to us, he said: Wahb (bin Jarir) narrated to us. He said: Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Muhammad bin Abu Bakr, Muhammad bin Abu Bakr from Abbad bin Tamim, Abbad from Hazrat Abdullah bin Zaid (ra), that the Prophet (saw) prayed for rain and turned his cloak inside out.
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Ali bin Abdullah (Madini) narrated to us, he said: Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us that Abdullah bin Abi Bakr said that he heard Abbad bin Tamim. He was telling his father, narrating from his paternal uncle Hazrat Abdullah bin Zaid (ra), that the Prophet (saw) went to the place of the Eid prayer and prayed for rain, and he turned his face towards the Qiblah, turned his cloak inside out and prayed two Rak'ahs. Abu Abdullah said: (Sufyan) bin Uyainah used to say: (Hazrat Abdullah bin Zaid (ra)) is the same one who had seen the call to prayer (Adhan) (in a dream). But this is his mistake, because this is Abdullah bin Zaid bin Asim Mazini, that is, of the tribe of Mazin of the Ansar.
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Muhammad (bin Salam Baikandi) narrated to us, he said: Abu Damrah Anas bin Iyad narrated to us, he said: Sharik bin Abdullah bin Abi Namir told us that he heard Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra) mentioning that a man entered the Mosque of the Prophet (saw) on a Friday through the door that faced the pulpit, while the Messenger of Allah (saw) was standing and delivering the sermon (Khutbah). Still standing, he turned towards the Messenger of Allah (saw) and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! The livestock have died and the roads have been cut off, so pray to Allah that He send down rain upon us. (Hazrat Anas (ra)) said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) raised both his hands and said: “O Allah! Give us water. O Allah! Give us water. O Allah! Give us water.” Hazrat Anas (ra) said: By Allah, we saw in the sky neither a cloud nor any piece of cloud nor anything else, and there was no house or building between us and Mount Sal' (to hide the sky). He said: Then from behind that mountain a small cloud appeared, the size of a shield. When it came to the middle of the sky, it spread out. Then it began to rain. He said: By Allah! We did not see the sun for a whole week. Then on the following Friday a man came into the mosque through the same door, while the Messenger of Allah (saw) was standing and delivering the sermon. Still standing, he turned towards him and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! The livestock have died and the roads have been cut off. Pray to Allah that He hold back the rain. He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) raised both his hands and said: “O Allah! Let it rain around us and not upon us. O Allah! Let it rain on the hillocks, the mountains, the mounds, the valleys and the places where trees grow.” (Hazrat Anas (ra) said:) Then the rain stopped, and we went out walking about in the sunshine. Sharik said: I asked Hazrat Anas (ra): Was this the first man himself? He said: I do not know.
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Qutaibah bin Sa'id narrated to us, he said: Isma'il bin Ja'far told us. He narrated from Sharik, Sharik from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra), that a man entered the mosque on a Friday through the door that was towards Dar-ul-Qada, while the Messenger of Allah (saw) was standing and delivering the sermon (Khutbah). Still standing, the man turned towards the Messenger of Allah (saw) and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! The livestock have perished and the roads have been cut off. Pray to Allah that He send down rain upon us. The Messenger of Allah (saw) raised both his hands and said: “O Allah! Send rain upon us. O Allah! Send rain upon us. O Allah! Send rain upon us.” Hazrat Anas (ra) said: By Allah, we saw in the sky neither a cloud nor a piece of cloud, and between Mount Sal' and us there was neither a house nor a building. He said: Then from behind the mountain a small cloud appeared, the size of a shield. When it came to the middle of the sky, it spread out and began to rain. By Allah, we did not see the sun for a whole week. Then on the Friday a man entered through the same door, while the Messenger of Allah (saw) was standing and delivering the sermon. Still standing, he faced him and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! The livestock have been ruined and the roads have been cut. Pray to Allah that He hold back the rain from us. Hazrat Anas (ra) said: So the Messenger of Allah (saw) raised both his hands and said: “O Allah! Around us and not upon us. O Allah! Let it rain on the hillocks, the mounds, the beds of the valleys and the places where trees grow.” Hazrat Anas (ra) said: Then the cloud broke apart, and we went out walking about in the sunshine. Sharik said: I asked Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra): Was it the first man himself? He replied: I do not know.
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Musaddad narrated to us, he said: Abu Awanah told us. He narrated from Qatadah, Qatadah from Hazrat Anas (ra) (bin Malik). He said: While the Messenger of Allah (saw) was addressing the people on a Friday, a man came to him. He said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! There has been no rain. Pray to Allah that He send down rain upon us. He prayed, and it rained, and it rained so much that it became difficult for us to go to our homes. It kept raining until the following Friday. (Hazrat Anas (ra)) said: That same man or someone else stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Pray to Allah that He now turn it away from us. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “O Allah! Around us and not upon us.” (Hazrat Anas (ra)) said: I saw the clouds breaking apart and moving to the right and to the left. It was raining on the people, but it was not raining on the people of Medina.
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Sahih al-Bukhari 1016
Abdullah bin Maslamah told us. He narrated from Malik, Malik from Sharik bin Abdullah (bin Abi Namir), Sharik from Hazrat Anas (ra), that he said: A man came to the Prophet (saw) and said: The livestock have died and the roads have been cut off. He (saw) prayed, and it kept raining upon us from that Friday to the next Friday. Then he came and said: The houses have collapsed, the roads have been cut off and the livestock have died. Pray to Allah that He hold back the rain from us. He (saw) stood up and prayed: “O Allah! Send down rain on the hillocks, the hills, the watercourses and the places where trees grow.” So the clouds parted from Medina like a garment being torn apart.
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Isma'il (bin Abi Uwais) narrated to us, he said: Malik told me. He narrated from Sharik bin Abdullah bin Abi Namir, Sharik from Hazrat Anas (ra) bin Malik. He said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah (saw) and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! The livestock have died. The roads have been cut off. Pray to Allah. The Messenger of Allah (saw) prayed, and it kept raining upon them from one Friday to the next. Then a man came to the Messenger of Allah (saw) and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! The houses have collapsed, the roads have been cut off and the livestock have died. The Messenger of Allah (saw) prayed: “O Allah! Let it rain on the tops of the mountains, on the hillocks, in the beds of the watercourses and in the places where trees grow.” At this the clouds parted from Medina like a garment being torn apart.
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Hasan bin Bishr narrated to us, he said: Mu'afa bin Imran told us. He narrated from Auza'i, Auza'i from Ishaq bin Abdullah (bin Abi Talhah), Ishaq from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra), that a man complained before the Prophet (saw) that the animals were dying and that the families were suffering hardship, so he prayed to Allah, the Exalted, for rain. And he did not mention that he turned his cloak inside out, nor did he say that he faced the Qiblah.
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Abdullah bin Yusuf narrated to us, he said: Malik told us. He narrated from Sharik bin Abdullah bin Abi Namir, Sharik from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra), that he said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah (saw) and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! The livestock have died and the roads have been cut off. Pray to Allah. At this he prayed to Allah, the Exalted, and it kept raining upon us from one Friday to the next. Then a man came to the Prophet (saw). He said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! The houses have collapsed, the roads have been cut off and the livestock have died. The Messenger of Allah (saw) prayed: “O Allah! Send down rain on the backs of the mountains and the hillocks, in the beds of the valleys and on the places where trees grow.” So the clouds parted from Medina like a garment being torn apart.
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Muhammad bin Kathir narrated to us that it is narrated from Sufyan (Thauri). He said: Mansur and A'mash told us, narrating from Abud Duha, that it is narrated from Masruq. He said: I went to Hazrat Ibn Mas'ud (ra), and he said: The Quraish delayed in accepting Islam. The Prophet (saw) prayed against them, and famine seized them in such a way that they perished in it, and they ate dead animals and bones. Abu Sufyan came to him (saw) and said: O Muhammad (saw)! You have come to command the joining of the ties of kinship, and the situation is that your people have perished. Pray to Allah (the Mighty and Exalted). He (saw) recited this verse: “But watch thou for the day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke” (Qur’an 44:11). (Well, he prayed and it rained. The famine went away.) But then they became disbelievers just as before, as Allah, the Exalted, had said: (that is) “On the day when We shall seize you with the great seizure” (Qur’an 44:17), that is, the day of Badr. (Abu Abdullah) said: And Asbat (bin Muhammad), narrating from Mansur, added that the Messenger of Allah (saw) prayed and it rained upon them, and for seven days the clouds remained over them, and the people complained of the abundance of rain, so he (saw) said: “O Allah! Around us and not upon us.” Then the cloud parted from above his head, and it began to rain on the people around them.
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Muhammad bin Abi Bakr narrated to us, (he said:) Mu'tamir told us. He narrated from Ubaidullah (Umari), Ubaidullah from Thabit, Thabit from Hazrat Anas (ra), that he said: The Prophet (saw) was addressing (the people) on a Friday when the people stood up and cried out and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! There is no rain, the trees have turned yellow and the animals have perished. Pray to Allah that He send down rain upon us. He prayed: “O Allah! Give us water.” (He said this) twice. And by Allah, we did not see even a single piece of cloud in the sky when a small cloud rose and began to rain. He came down from the pulpit and prayed (Salat). When he had finished the prayer, the rain was falling steadily, and it continued until the following Friday. When the Prophet (saw) stood up to deliver the sermon (Khutbah), the people again cried out before him: The houses have collapsed and the roads have been cut. So pray to Allah that He hold back the rain from us. At this the Prophet (saw) smiled and said: “O Allah! Let it rain around us and not rain upon us.” (The clouds) parted from Medina, and it began to rain all around. Not a single drop fell in Medina. I looked at Medina. It seemed as though it had been set in something like a crown (because of the water on all sides).
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And Abu Nu'aim told us, and he narrated from Zuhair, Zuhair from Abu Ishaq, that (he said:) Hazrat Abdullah bin Yazid Ansari went out, and with him Hazrat Bara bin Azib and Hazrat Zaid bin Arqam (ra) also went out. He prayed for rain. He stood with them on his feet, not on a pulpit, and prayed for rain. Then he prayed two Rak'ahs, reciting aloud. He neither gave the call to prayer (Adhan) nor said the Iqamah. Abu Ishaq used to say: Hazrat Abdullah bin Yazid (Ansari (ra)) had seen the Prophet (saw).
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Abul Yaman narrated to us, he said: Shu'aib told us. It is narrated from Zuhri. He said: Abbad bin Tamim narrated to me that his paternal uncle, who was one of the Companions of the Prophet (saw), told him that the Prophet (saw) took the people out so that he might pray for rain for them. He stood up and, while still standing, prayed to Allah, the Exalted. Then he turned his face towards the Qiblah and turned his cloak inside out, and it rained upon them.
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Abu Nu'aim narrated to us, (he said: Abdullah) bin Abi Dhi'b told us. He narrated from Zuhri, Zuhri from Abbad bin Tamim, Abbad from his paternal uncle (Hazrat Abdullah bin Zaid (ra)). He said: The Prophet (saw) went out for the prayer for rain (Istisqa) and, facing the Qiblah, kept supplicating, and he turned his cloak inside out. Then he prayed two Rak'ahs. In them he recited the Holy Qur’an aloud.
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