Volume 8, Book 75, Number 353:
Narrated Anas:
While the Prophet was delivering a sermon on a Friday, a man stood up and said, “O Allah’s
Apostle! Invoke Allah to bless us with rain.” (The Prophet invoked Allah for rain.) So, the sky became
overcast and it started raining till one could hardly reach one’s home. It kept on raining till the next
Friday when the same man or another man got up and said (to the Prophet), “Invoke Allah to with –
hold the rain from us, for we have been drowned (with heavy rain ).” The Prophet said, “O Allah! Let
it rain around us and not on us.” Then the clouds started dispersing around Medina and rain ceased
to fall on the people of Medina.
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 354:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Zaid:
Allah’s Apostle went out to this Musalla (praying place) to offer the prayer of Istisqa.’ He invoked
Allah for rain and then faced the Qibla and turned his Rida’ (upper garment) inside out.
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Volume 8, Book 75, Number 345:
Narrated Jarir:
Allah’s Apostle said to me. “Will you relieve me from Dhi-al-Khalasa? ” Dhi-al-Khalasa was an
idol which the people used to worship and it was called Al-Ka’ba al Yamaniyya. I said, “O Allah’s
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Apostle I am a man who can’t sit firm on horses.” So he stroked my chest (with his hand) and said, “O
Allah! Make him firm and make him a guiding and well-guided man.” So I went out with fifty (men)
from my tribe of Ahrnas. (The sub-narrator, Sufyan, quoting Jarir, perhaps said, “I went out with a
group of men from my nation.”) and came to Dhi-al-Khalasa and burnt it, and then came to the
Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I have not come to you till I left it like a camel with a skin dis –
ease.” The Prophet then invoked good upon Ahmas and their cavalry (fighters).
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 346:
Narrated Anas:
Um Sulaim said to the Prophet “Anas is your servant.” The Prophet said, “O Allah! increase his
wealth and offspring, and bless (for him) what ever you give him.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 347:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet heard a man reciting (the Qur’an) in the mosque. He said,” May Allah bestow His
Mercy on him, as he made me remember such and-such Verse which I had missed in such-and-
such Sura.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 348:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet divided something (among the Muslims) and distributed the shares (of the booty). A
man said, “This division has not been made to please Allah.” When I informed the Prophet about it, he
became so furious that I noticed the signs of anger on his face and he then said, “May Allah bestow
His Mercy on Moses, for he was hurt with more than this, yet he remained patient.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 349:
Narrated ‘Ikrima:
Ibn ‘Abbas said, “Preach to the people once a week, and if you won’t, then preach them twice, but if
you want to preach more, then let it be three times (a week only), and do not make the people fed-up
with this Qur’an. If you come to some people who are engaged in a talk, don’t start interrupting their
talk by preaching, lest you should cause them to be bored. You should rather keep quiet, and if they
ask you, then preach to them at the time when they are eager to hear what you say. And avoid the
use of rhymed prose in invocation for I noticed that Allah’s Apostle and his companions always
avoided it.”
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Volume 8, Book 75, Number 350:
Narrated Anas:
Allah’s Apostle said, “When anyone of you appeal to Allah for something, he should ask with de –
termination and should not say, ‘O Allah, if You wish, give me.’, for nobody can force Allah to do
something against His Will.