#23 Rain

Book of Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa)

(10) Chapter: Invocation (for stoppage of rain)

hadith 1017

Narrated Anas bin Malik:

A man came to Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه و سلم and said, "O Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه و سلم! Livestock are destroyed and the roads are cut off. So please invoke Allah." So Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه و سلم prayed and it rained from that Friday to the next Friday. Then he came to Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه و سلم I and said, "O Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه و سلم! Houses have collapsed, roads are cut off and the livestock are destroyed." So Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه و سلم prayed, "O Allah! (Let it rain) on the tops of 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.