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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The Hour (Last Day) will not be established until (religious) knowledge will be
taken away (by the death of religious learned men), earthquakes will be very frequent, time will pass
quickly, afflictions will appear, murders will increase and money will overflow amongst you.” (See
Hadith No. 85 Vol 1).

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) I was delivering the Khutba (sermon) on a Friday when the people stood up, shouted
and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! There is no rain (drought), the trees have dried and the livestock are
destroyed; Please pray to Allah for rain.” So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said twice, “O Allah! Bless us with rain.”
By Allah, there was no trace of cloud in the sky and suddenly the sky became overcast with clouds
and it started raining. The Prophet (ﷺ) came down the pulpit and offered the prayer. When he came back
from the prayer (to his house) it was raining and it rained continuously till the next Friday. When the
Prophet started delivering the Friday Khutba (sermon), the people started shouting and said to him,
“The houses have collapsed and the roads are cut off; so please pray to Allah to withhold the rain.” So
the Prophet (ﷺ) smiled and said, “O Allah! Round about us and not on us.” So the sky became clear over
Medina but it kept on raining over the outskirts (of Medina) and not a single drop of rain fell over
Median. I looked towards the sky which was as bright and clear as a crown.

(The Prophet) said, “O Allah! Bless our Sham and our Yemen.” People said, “Our Najd as well.” The
Prophet again said, “O Allah! Bless our Sham and Yemen.” They said again, “Our Najd as well.” On
that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “There will appear earthquakes and afflictions, and from there will come out the
side of the head of Satan.”

Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Yazid Al-Ansari that he went out with Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib, and Zaid bin Arqam and invoked for rain. He (‘Abdullah bin Yazid) stood up but not on a pulpit and invoked Allah for rain and then offered two Rak’a prayers with loud recitation without pronouncing Adhan or Iqama. Abu Ishaq said that ‘Adbullah bin Yazid had seen the Prophet (ﷺ) (doing the same)

that his uncle (who was one of the companions of the Prophet) had told him, “The Prophet (ﷺ) went out
with the people to invoke Allah for rain for them. He stood up and invoked Allah for rain, then faced
the Qibla and turned his cloak (inside out) and it rained.”

from his uncle who said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) went out to invoke Allah for rain. He faced the Qibla invoking
Allah. He turned over his cloak (inside out) and then offered two rak`at and recited the Qur’an aloud in
them.”

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 of
widows.” Salim’s father (Ibn `Umar) said, “The following poetic verse occurred to my mind while I
was looking at the face of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) while he was praying for rain. He did not get down till
the rain water flowed profusely from every roof-gutter: And a white (person) who is requested to pray
for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows . . . And these were the
words of Abu Talib.”

Whenever drought threatened them, `Umar bin Al-Khattab, used to ask Al-Abbas bin `Abdul Muttalib
to invoke Allah for rain. He used to say, “O Allah! We used to ask our Prophet to invoke You for rain,
and You would bless us with rain, and now we ask his uncle to invoke You for rain. O Allah ! Bless
us with rain.”(1) And so it would rain.

The Prophet (ﷺ) turned his cloak inside out on Istisqa.

The Prophet (ﷺ) went towards the Musalla and invoked Allah for rain. He faced the Qibla and wore his
cloak inside out, and offered two rak`at.