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A bedouin came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) on a Friday and said, “O Allah’s Messenger ! The livestock, the offspring, and the people have perished.” So, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) raised both his hands invoking Allah (for rain) and the people too raised their hands with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) invoking Allah (for rain). We had not left the mosque when it started raining. It rained till the next Friday when the same man came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger! The travelers are compelled to postpone their journeys (because of excessive rain) and the roads are overflowed.”

The narrator Anas added that the Prophet (ﷺ) raised his hands (during the invocation) to such an extent that the whiteness of his armpits was visible.

The Prophet (ﷺ) never raised his hands for any invocation except for that of Istisqa’ and he used to raise
them so much that the whiteness of his armpits became visible. (Note: It may be that Anas did not see
the Prophet (ﷺ) raising his hands, but it is narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to raise his hands for invocations
other than Istisqa. See Hadith No. 807 & 808 and also see Hadith No. 612, Vol. 5).

Whenever Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saw the rain, he used to say, “O Allah! Let it be a strong fruitful rain.”

In the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) the people were afflicted with a (famine) year. While the
Prophet was delivering the Khutba (sermon) on the pulpit on a Friday, a Bedouin stood up and said,
“O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! The livestock are dying and the families (offspring) are hungry: please pray to
Allah to bless us with rain.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) raised both his hands towards the sky and at that time
there was not a trace of cloud in they sky. Then the clouds started gathering like mountains. Before he
got down from the pulpit I saw rainwater trickling down his beard. It rained that day, the next day, the
third day, the fourth day and till the next Friday, when the same Bedouin or some other person stood
up (during the Friday Khutba) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! The houses have collapsed and the
livestock are drowned. Please invoke Allah for us.” So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) raised both his hands and said,
“O Allah! Around us and not on us.” Whichever side the Prophet (ﷺ) directed his hand, the clouds
dispersed from there till a hole (in the clouds) was formed over Medina. The valley of Qanat remained
flowing (with water) for one month and none, came from outside who didn’t talk about the abundant
rain.

I p man complained to the Prophet (ﷺ) about the destruction of livestock and property and the hunger of
the offspring. So he invoked (Allah for rain. The narrator (Anas) did not mention that the Prophet (ﷺ) had
worn his cloak inside out or faced the Qibla.

Whenever a strong wind blew, anxiety appeared on the face of the Prophet (fearing that wind might be
a sign of Allah’s wrath).

A man came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Livestock are destroyed and the roads
are cut off; so please invoke Allah.” So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) prayed for rain and it rained from that Friday
till the next Friday. Then a man came to the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! The
houses have collapsed, roads are cut off and the livestock are destroyed.” So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “O
Allah ! (Let it rain) on the tops of the mountains, on the plateaus, in the valleys and over the places
where trees grow.” So the clouds cleared away from Medina as clothes are taken off.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I was granted victory with As-Saba and the nation of ‘Ad was destroyed by Ad-
Dabur (westerly wind) .

One day I went to Ibn Mas`ud who said, “When Quraish delayed in embracing Islam, the Prophet (ﷺ) I
invoked Allah to curse them, so they were afflicted with a (famine) year because of which many of
them died and they ate the carcasses and Abu Sufyan came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, ‘O Muhammad!
You came to order people to keep good relation with kith and kin and your nation is being destroyed,
so invoke Allah I ? So the Prophet (ﷺ) I recited the Holy verses of Sirat-Ad-Dukhan: ‘Then watch you For
the day that The sky will Bring forth a kind Of smoke Plainly visible.’ (44.10) When the famine was
taken off, the people renegade once again as nonbelievers. The statement of Allah, (in Sura “Ad-
Dukhan”-44) refers to that: ‘On the day when We shall seize You with a mighty grasp.’ (44.16) And
that was what happened on the day of the battle of Badr.” Asbath added on the authority of Mansur,
“Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) prayed for them and it rained heavily for seven days. So the people complained of the
excessive rain. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘O Allah! (Let it rain) around us and not on us.’ So the clouds
dispersed over his head and it rained over the surroundings.”