Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa)

Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa)

2.119:
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.
2.120:
Narrated Abu Huraira; Whenever the Prophet (p.b.u.h) lifted
his head from the bowing in the last rak`a 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."
2.121:
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 Mas`ud 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 .
2.122:
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−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."
2.123:
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.
2.124:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Zaid: The Prophet turned his cloak
inside out on Istisqa.
2.125:
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 rak`at.
2.126:
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
withhold 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.
2.127:
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 Sila'. 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.
2.128:
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."
2.129:
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 .
2.130:
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.
2.131:
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.
2.132:
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.
2.133:
Narrated Masruq:
One day I went to Ibn Mas`ud 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."
2.134:
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.
2.135:
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."
2.136:
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 rak`at and recited the Qur'an aloud in them."
2.137:
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 rak`at prayer and recited the Qur'an aloud in
them."
2.138:
Narrated `Abbas bin Tamim from his uncle who said, "The
Prophet invoked Allah for rain and offered a two rak`at prayer
and he put his cloak inside out."
2.139:
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−rak`at prayer and turned his
cloak inside out." Narrated Abu Bakr, "The Prophet put the
right side of his cloak on his left side."
2.140:
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.
2.141:
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).
2.142:
Narrated Aisha:
Whenever Allah's Apostle saw the rain, he used to say, "O
Allah! Let it be a strong fruitful rain."
2.143:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: In the lifetime 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 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 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.
2.144:
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).
2.145:
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) .
2.146:
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).
2.147:
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."
2.148:
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.' "
2.149:
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."