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.
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 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
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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 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
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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.”
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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 des –
troyed. 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.