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 invok –
ing 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 to –
wards 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 122:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Dinar:
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 2 > BOOK 17: INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
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 138:
Narrated Abbas bin Tamim 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 123:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever drought threatened them, ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab, used to ask Al-Abbas bin ‘Abdul Mut –
talib 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 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 124:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Zaid:
The Prophet turned his cloak inside out on Istisqa.
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 inten –
ded to invoke (Allah) or started invoking, he faced the Qibla and turned his cloak inside out.