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Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 15:
Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa)
Volume 2, Book 17,
Number 119:
Narrated 'Abbas bin Tamim's uncle:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) went out to offer the
Istisqa' prayer and turned (and put on) his cloak
inside out.
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
120:
Narrated Abu Huraira;
Whenever the Prophet (p.b.u.h) lifted his head
from the bowing in the last Raka he used to say:
"O Allah! Save 'Aiyash bin Abi Rabi'a. O
Allah! Save Salama bin Hisham. O Allah! Save Walid
bin Walid. O Allah! Save the weak faithful
believers. O Allah! Be hard on the tribes of Mudar
and send (famine) years on them like the famine
years of (Prophet) Joseph ." The Prophet
further said, "Allah forgive the tribes of
Ghifar and save the tribes of Aslam." Abu
Az-Zinad (a sub-narrator) said, "The Qunut
used to be recited by the Prophet in the Fajr
prayer."
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
121:
Narrated Masruq:
We were with 'Abdullah and he said, "When
the Prophet saw the refusal of the people to
accept Islam he said, "O Allah! Send (famine)
years on them for (seven years) like the seven
years (of famine during the time) of (Prophet)
Joseph." So famine overtook them for one year
and destroyed every kind of life to such an extent
that the people started eating hides, carcasses
and rotten dead animals. Whenever one of them
looked towards the sky, he would (imagine himself
to) see smoke because of hunger. So Abu Sufyan
went to the Prophet and said, "O Muhammad!
You order people to obey Allah and to keep good
relations with kith and kin. No doubt the people
of your tribe are dying, so please pray to Allah
for them." So Allah revealed: "Then
watch you For the day that The sky will bring
forth a kind Of smoke Plainly visible ... Verily!
You will return (to disbelief) On the day when We
shall seize You with a mighty grasp. (44.10-16)
Ibn Masud added, "Al-Batsha (i.e. grasp)
happened in the battle of Badr and no doubt smoke,
Al-Batsha, Al-Lizam, and the verse of Surat Ar-Rum
have all passed .
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
122:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Dinar:
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-g
utter: 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."
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
123:
Narrated Anas:
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.
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
124:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Zaid:
The Prophet turned his cloak inside out on
Istisqa.
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
125:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Zaid
The Prophet went towards the Musalla and
invoked Allah for rain. He faced the Qibla and
wore his cloak inside out, and offered two Rakat.
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
126:
Narrated Sharik bin 'Abdullah bin Abi Namir:
I heard Anas bin Malik saying, "On a
Friday a person entered the main Mosque through
the gate facing the pulpit while Allah's Apostle
was delivering the Khutba. The man stood in front
of Allah's Apostle and said, 'O Allah's Apostle!
The livestock are dying and the roads are cut off;
so please pray to Allah for rain.' " Anas
added, "Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) raised both
his hands and said, 'O Allah! Bless us with rain!
O Allah! Bless us with rain! O Allah! Bless us
with rain!' " Anas added, "By Allah, we
could not see any trace of cloud in the sky and
there was no building or a house between us and
(the mountains of) Sila." Anas added, "A
heavy cloud like a shield appeared from behind it
(i.e. Sila' Mountain). When it came in the middle
of the sky, it spread and then rained." Anas
further said, "By Allah! We could not see the
sun for a week. Next Friday a person entered
through the same gate and at that time Allah's
Apostle was delivering the Friday's Khutba. The
man stood in front of him and said, 'O Allah's
Apostle! The livestock are dying and the roads are
cut off, please pray to Allah to with-hold rain.'
" Anas added, "Allah's Apostle I raised
both his hands and said, 'O Allah! Round about us
and not on us. O Allah! On the plateaus, on the
mountains, on the hills, in the valleys and on the
places where trees grow.' So the rain stopped and
we came out walking in the sun." Sharik asked
Anas whether it was the same person who had asked
for the rain (the last Friday). Anas replied that
he did not know.
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
127:
Narrated Sharik:
Anas bin Malik said, "A person entered the
Mosque on a Friday through the gate facing the
Daril-Qada' and Allah's Apostle was standing
delivering the Khutba (sermon). The man stood in
front of Allah's Apostle and said, 'O Allah's
Apostle, livestock are dying and the roads are cut
off; please pray to Allah for rain.' So Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) raised both his hands and said,
'O Allah! Bless us with rain. O Allah! Bless us
with rain. O Allah! Bless us with rain!" Anas
added, "By Allah, there were no clouds in the
sky and there was no house or building between us
and the mountain of Silas'. Then a big cloud like
a shield appeared from behind it (i.e. Silas
Mountain) and when it came in the middle of the
sky, it spread and then rained. By Allah! We could
not see the sun for a week. The next Friday, a
person entered through the same gate and Allah's
Apostle was delivering the Friday Khutba and the
man stood in front of him and said, 'O Allah's
Apostle! The livestock are dying and the roads are
cut off; Please pray to Allah to withhold rain.'
" Anas added, "Allah's Apostle raised
both his hands and said, 'O Allah! Round about us
and not on us. O Allah!' On the plateaus, on the
mountains, on the hills, in the valleys and on the
places where trees grow.' " Anas added,
"The rain stopped and we came out, walking in
the sun." Sharik asked Anas whether it was
the same person who had asked for rain the
previous Friday. Anas replied that he did not
know.
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
128:
Narrated Qatada:
Anas I said, "While Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
was delivering the Friday Khutba (sermon) a man
came and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Rain is scarce;
please ask Allah to bless us with rain.' So he
invoked Allah for it, and it rained so much that
we could hardly reach our homes and it continued
raining till the next Friday." Anas further
said, "Then the same or some other person
stood up and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Invoke
Allah to withhold the rain.' On that, Allah's
Apostle I said, 'O Allah! Round about us and not
on us.' " Anas added, "I saw the clouds
dispersing right and left and it continued to rain
but not over Medina."
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
129:
Narrated Anas:
A man came to the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and said,
"Livestock are destroyed and the roads are
cut off." So Allah's Apostle invoked Allah
for rain and it rained from that Friday till the
next Friday. The same person came again and said,
"Houses have collapsed, roads are cut off,
and the livestock are destroyed. Please pray to
Allah to withhold the rain." Allah's Apostle
(stood up and) said, "O Allah! (Let it rain)
on the plateaus, on the hills, in the valleys and
over the places where trees grow." So the
clouds cleared away from Medina as clothes are
taken off .
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
130:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
A man came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Livestock are destroyed and the
roads are cut off. So please invoke Allah."
So Allah's Apostle prayed and it rained from that
Friday to the next Friday. Then he came to Allah's
Apostle I and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Houses have collapsed, roads are cut off and the
livestock are destroyed." So Allah's Apostle
(p.b.u.h) 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.
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
131:
Narrated Anas bin Malik
I p man complained to the Prophet 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 had worn his cloak inside out or faced the
Qibla.
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
132:
Narrated Anas bin Malik
A man came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Livestock are destroyed and the
roads are cut off; so please invoke Allah."
So Allah's Apostle 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 Apostle! The houses have collapsed, roads
are cut off and the livestock are destroyed."
So Allah's Apostle 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.
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
133:
Narrated Masruq:
One day I went to Ibn Masud who said,
"When Quraish delayed in embracing Islam, the
Prophet 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 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 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 Apostle prayed for them and it
rained heavily for seven days. So the people
complained of the excessive rain. The Prophet
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."
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
134:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle I was delivering the Khutba
(sermon) on a Friday when the people stood up,
shouted and said, "O Allah's Apostle! There
is no rain (drought), the trees have dried and the
livestock are destroyed; Please pray to Allah for
rain." So Allah's Apostle 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 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 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.
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
135:
Narrated Abbas bin Tamim
that his uncle (who was one of the companions
of the Prophet) had told him, "The Prophet
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."
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
136:
Narrated Abbas bin Tamim
from his uncle who said, "The Prophet went
out to invoke Allah for rain. He faced the Qibla
invoking Allah. He turned over his cloak (inside
out) and then offered two Rakat and recited the
Quran aloud in them."
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
137:
Narrated Abbas bin Tamim from his uncle,
"I saw the Prophet on the day when he went
out to offer the Istisqa' prayer. He turned his
back towards the people and faced the Qibla and
asked Allah for rain. Then he turned his cloak
inside out and led us in a two Rakat prayer and
recited the Qur'an aloud in them."
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
138:
Narrated Abbas bin Tamlm from his uncle who
said,
"The Prophet invoked Allah for rain and
offered a two Rakat prayer and he put his cloak
inside out."
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
139:
Narrated Abbas bin Tamim from his uncle who
said,
"The Prophet went out to the Musalla to
offer the Istisqa' prayer, faced the Qibla and
offered a two-Rakat prayer and turned his cloak
inside out." Narrated Abu Bakr, "The
Prophet put the right side of his cloak on his
left side."
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
140:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Zaid Al-Ansari:
The Prophet went out towards the Musalla in
order to offer the Istisqa' prayer and when he
intended to invoke (Allah) or started invoking, he
faced the Qibla and turned his cloak inside out.
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
141:
Narrated Anas bin Malik
The Prophet 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 raising his hands, but it
is narrated that the Prophet used to raise his
hands for invocations other than Istisqa. See
Hadith No. 807 & 808 and also see Hadith No.
612, Vol. 5).
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
142:
Narrated Aisha:
Whenever Allah's Apostle saw the rain, he used
to say, "O Allah! Let it be a strong fruitful
rain."
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
143:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
In the life-time of Allah's Apostle (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 Apostle! The
livestock are dying and the families (offspring)
are hungry: please pray to Allah to bless us with
rain." Allah's Apostle 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 rain-water 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 Apostle! The houses have collapsed
and the livestock are drowned. Please invoke Allah
for us." So Allah's Apostle raised both his
hands and said, "O Allah! Around us and not
on us." Whichever side the Prophet 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.
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
144:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever a strong wind blew, anxiety appeared
on the face of the Prophet (fearing that wind
might be a sign of Allah's wrath).
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
145:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet said, "I was granted victory
with As-Saba and the nation of 'Ad was destroyed
by Ad-Dabur (westerly wind) .
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
146:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet 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).
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
147:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
(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 said, "There will appear
earthquakes and afflictions, and from there will
come out the side of the head of Satan."
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
148:
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani:
Allah's Apostle led the morning prayer in Al-Hudaibiya
and it had rained the previous night. When the
Prophet (p.b.u.h) had finished the prayer he faced
the people and said, "Do you know what your
Lord has said?" They replied, "Allah and
His Apostle know better." (The Prophet said),
"Allah says, 'In this morning some of My
worshipers remained as true believers and some
became non-believers; he who said that it had
rained with the blessing and mercy of Allah is the
one who believes in Me and does not believe in
star, but he who said it had rained because of
such and such (star) is a disbeliever in Me and is
a believer in star.' "
Volume 2, Book 17, Number
149:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "Keys of
the unseen knowledge are five which nobody knows
but Allah . . . nobody knows what will happen
tomorrow; nobody knows what is in the womb; nobody
knows what he will gain tomorrow; nobody knows at
what place he will die; and nobody knows when it
will rain."
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