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  • Chapter: Upon sighting the crescent moon

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 175

    اللهُ أَكْـبَر،
    اللّهُمَّ أَهِلَّـهُ عَلَيْـنا بِالأمْـنِ وَالإيمـان،
    والسَّلامَـةِ والإسْلام،
    وَالتَّـوْفيـقِ لِما تُحِـبُّ رَبَّنـا وَتَـرْضـى،
    رَبُّنـا وَرَبُّكَ الله


    English Translation:

    Allāhu Akbar,
    Allāhumma ahillahu `alayna bi ‘l-amni wa ‘l-īmān,
    was-salāmati wa ‘l-‘Islām,
    wat-tawfīqi limā tuḥibbu Rabbanā wa tarḍā,
    Rabbunā wa Rabbukallāh.

    Allah is the Most Great.
    O Allah, bring us the new moon with security and Faith,
    with peace and in Islam,
    and in harmony with what our Lord loves and what pleases Him.
    Our Lord and your Lord is Allah.

    Reference:
    At-Tirmidhi 5/504, Ad-Darimi 1/336. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi
    3/157.

  • Chapter: Asking for clear skies

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 174

    اللّهُمَّ حَوالَيْنا وَلا عَلَيْـنا،
    اللّهُمَّ عَلى الآكـامِ وَالظِّـراب،
    وَبُطـونِ الأوْدِية، وَمَنـابِتِ الشَّجـر


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma ḥawālaynā wa lā `alaynā.
    Allāhumma `ala ‘l-ākāmi waẓ-ẓirāb,
    wa buṭūni ‘l-awdiyati, wa manābitish-shajar.

    O Allah, let the rain fall around us and not upon us,
    O Allah, (let it fall) on the pastures, hills, valleys, and the roots of trees.

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari 1/224, Muslim 1/614

  • Chapter: After rainfall

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 173

    مُطِـرْنا بِفَضْـلِ اللهِ وَرَحْمَـتِه


    English Translation:

    Muṭirnā bifaḍlillāhi wa raḥmatih.

    We have been given rain by the grace and mercy of Allah.

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari 1/205, Muslim 1/83.

  • Chapter: When it rains

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 172

    اللّهُمَّ صَيِّـباً نافِـعاً


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma ṣayyiban nāfi`a.

    O Allah, (bring) beneficial rain clouds.

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 2/518.

  • Chapter: For rain

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 171

    اللّهُمَّ اسْقِ عِبادَكَ وَبَهـائِمَك،
    وَانْشُـرْ رَحْمَـتَكَ
    وَأَحْيِي بَلَـدَكَ المَيِّـت


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma’sqi `ibādaka wa bahā’imak,
    wanshur raḥmatak,
    wa aḥyi baladaka ‘l-mayyit

    O Allah, give water to Your slaves, and Your livestock,
    and spread Your mercy,
    and revive Your dead land.

    Reference:
    Abu Dawud 1/305. Al-Albani graded it good in Sahih Abu Dawud 1/218.

  • Chapter: For rain

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 170

    اللّهُمَّ أغِثْنـا،
    اللّهُمَّ أغِثْنـا،
    اللّهُمَّ أغِثْنـا


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma aghithnā,
    Allāhumma aghithnā,
    Allāhumma aghithnā.

    O Allah, send us rain.
    O Allah, send us rain.
    O Allah, send us rain.

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari 1/224, Muslim 2/613.

  • Chapter: For rain

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 169

    اللّهُمَّ اسْقِـنا غَيْـثاً مُغيـثاً مَريئاً مُريـعاً،
    نافِعـاً غَيْـرَ ضار،
    عاجِـلاً غَـيْرَ آجِل


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma ‘asqinā ghaythan mughīthan marī’an murī`a,
    nāfi`an ghayra ḍārr,
    `ājilan ghayra ājil.

    O Allah, shower upon us abundant rain, beneficial not harmful, swiftly and not delayed.

    Reference:
    Abu Dawud 1/303. See also Al-Albani SahihAbu Dawud 1/216.

  • Chapter: Upon hearing thunder

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 168

    سُبْـحانَ الّذي يُسَبِّـحُ الـرَّعْدُ بِحَمْـدِهِ،
    وَالملائِكـةُ مِنْ خيـفَته


    English Translation:

    Subḥāna ‘l-ladhī yusabbiḥur-ra`du bi ḥamdihi
    wa ‘l-malā’ikatu min khīfatih.

    Glory is to Him Whom thunder and angels glorify due to fear of Him.

    Reference:
    Whenever Abdullah bin Zubair (RA) would hear thunder, he would abandon all
    conversation and say this supplication. See Al-Muwatta’ 2/992. It was
    graded authentic by Al-Albani as a statement of Abdullah bin Zubayr only.

  • Chapter: During a wind storm

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 167

    اللّهُـمَّ إِنَّـي أَسْـأَلُـكَ خَيْـرَها،
    وَخَيْـرَ ما فيهـا،
    وَخَيْـرَ ما اُرْسِلَـتْ بِه،
    وَأَعـوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَـرِّها،
    وَشَـرِّ ما فيهـا،
    وَشَـرِّ ما اُرْسِلَـتْ بِه


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma innī as’aluka khayrahā,
    wa khayra mā fīhā,
    wa khayra mā ursilat bih,
    wa a`ūdhu bika min sharrihā,
    wa sharri mā fīhā,
    wa sharri mā ursilat bih.

    O Allah, I ask You for the good of it,
    for the good of what it contains,
    and for the good of what is sent with it.
    I seek refuge in You from the evil of it,
    from the evil of what it contains,
    and from the evil that is sent with it.

    Reference:
    Muslim 2/616, Al-Bukhari 4/76.

  • Chapter: During a wind storm

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 166

    اللّهُـمَّ إِنَّـي أَسْـأَلُـكَ خَيْـرَها،
    وَأَعـوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَـرِّها


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma innī as’aluka khayrahā,
    wa a`ūdhu bika min sharrihā.

    O Allah, I ask You for the good of it,
    and seek refuge in You against its evil.

    Reference:
    Abu Dawud 4/326, Ibn Majah 2/1228. See also Al-Albani, Sahih Ibn Majah
    2/305.