Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The parable of my nation is like the rain. One does not know if the first part is the best or the last.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2869 Grade: Sahih li ghayrihi (authentic due to external evidence) according to Al-Albani عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ …
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Sulaym ibn ‘Amir reported: The sky withheld rain, so Mu’awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan and the people of Damascus sought prayers for rain. When Mu’awiyah sat upon the pulpit, he said, “Where is Yazid ibn al-Aswad al-Jurashi?” Then, the people called for him and he came forward cutting through the crowd. Mu’awiyah ordered him to ascend …
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Anas reported: When they liberated Tustar, they found a man with a long nose in a coffin. The people were seeking victory and seeking rain through him. Abu Musa wrote to Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, about that. Umar wrote back, saying, “Indeed, this man is one of the prophets. Fire …
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Ibn ‘Asakir reported: ‘Amr ibn al-‘As, may Allah be pleased with him, said to his son, “My son, memorize what I instruct you: a just leader is better than abundant rain, a predatory lion is better than an oppressive leader, and an oppressive and tyrannical leader is better than an everlasting tribulation.” Source: Tārīkh Dimashq …
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Anas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would not raise his hands for any supplication except to pray for rain. He would raise them until we saw the skin of his armpits. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3565, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 895 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim …
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Abdullah ibn Zayd reported: I saw the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, one day go out to prayer for rain. He turned his back to the people and faced the Qiblah and supplicated, then he turns his cloak inside out, then he prayed two cycles for us while reciting aloud. Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī …
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Abu Malik al-Ash’ari reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Four traits in my nation are among the affairs of ignorance that they have not abandoned: boasting over status, disparaging over lineage, seeking rain by the stars, and wailing over the dead.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 934 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim …
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Abdullah ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “While three men were walking, they were overcome by rain and took refuge in a cave in a mountain. A boulder fell over the mouth of their cave, blocking them inside. One of them said to the others, ‘Look at …
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Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to order the caller to say on a cold, rainy night, “Surely, pray in your homes.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 635, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 697 Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ …
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Aisha reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, if there was a windy storm, he would say, “O Allah, I ask You for its good, the good within it, and the good for which it was sent. I seek refuge in You from its evil, the evil within it, and the evil for …
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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The Mahdi will appear in the latter part of my nation. Allah will grant him rain to bring produce from the earth. He will give out wealth appropriately, cattle will be plentiful, and the nation will become great. He will …
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Uthman ibn Hunayf reported: A man with damaged eyesight came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said, “Supplicate for Allah to heal me.” The Prophet said, “I will supplicate for you if you wish, or it is better for you to be patient if you wish.” The man said, “Supplicate …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Five sins come with five afflictions. People do not violate their covenant but that their enemies are given power over them. They do not judge by other than what Allah has revealed but that poverty will be prevalent. Obscenity does not …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “A day of just leadership is better than sixty years of worship, and a legal limit properly established in the land is more pure for it than forty days of rain.” Source: al-Sunan al-Kubrá 16139 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Mundhiri …
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Al-Ghazali reported: Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Let not one of you refrain from working for his provision, supplicating to Allah to provide while he knows that the sky does not rain gold and silver.” Source: Iḥyā’ Ulūm al-Dīn 2/62 عن الغزالي قَالَ عمر رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ لَا يَقْعُدُ أَحَدُكُمْ عَنْ طَلَبِ الرِّزْقِ …
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Aisha reported: When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saw rain, he would say, “O Allah, a beneficial downpour.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1032 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا رَأَى الْمَطَرَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا 1032 صحيح البخاري كتاب الاستسقاء …
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Abu Tamimah reported: A man from Balhujaym said, “O Messenger of Allah, to what are you calling?” The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I call to Allah alone. If he lets you be harmed, you will call upon him and he will remove it. If you are lost in the wilderness, you …
Ibn Umar reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Never do people withhold alms from their wealth but that a portion from the sky will be held back; were it not for the animals, it would never rain.” Source: al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr 13454 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: A man came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, on Friday while he was delivering a sermon in Medina. The man said, “There is no rain, so please call upon your Lord to bless us with rain.” The Prophet looked at the sky when there were no clouds …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: If a drought became threatening, Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, would ask Al-Abbas ibn Abdul Muttalib to supplicate for Allah to send rain. Umar would say, “O Allah, we used to ask our Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, to supplicate for rain and you would …
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