Authentic Supplications of the Prophet
On Asking for Rain (179) |
It is reported of`Aa'ishata 
that she said: people complained to the Messenger of Allah
about lack of rain, so he ordered that a pulpit [or a platform] be
placed for him in his place of prayer, and he promised the people
a day when they would all come out and meet. So the Messenger of Allah
came out
when the rim of the sun became apparent, he then sat on the pulpit,
Magnified, and Praised Allah to Whom belongs Glory and Power, and
then said: You have complained of the bareness of your land, and of
the rainfall being past-due relative to its usual timing, and Allah
Glory be to Him has commanded you to supplicate to Him, and He has
promised you that he would grant you. He then said: <<'Al-hamdu
lil-lãhi rabbil `ãlameena (1). 'Arrahmãni 'arraheemi
(2). Mãliki yawmiddeeni (3)>> (193)
Lã 'ilãha 'illã 'allãhu, yaf`alu mã
yureedu, 'allãhumma 'anta 'allãhu lã 'ilãha
'illã 'anta ghaniyyu, wa nahnul fuqarã'u, 'anzil `alaynã
'al-ghaytha, waj`al mã 'anzalta lanã quwwatan wa balãghan
'ilã heenin (194)
Then he raised his hands, and kept them raised till the whiteness
of his underarms became apparent. He, then, turned his back towards
the people, and flipped or inverted his garment, and he was raising
his hands, then he turned towards the people, descended and prayed
[a prayer consisting of] two bows. Then Allah to Whom belongs Glory
and Power formed a cloud; thunder and lightning then came out of
it, then it rained by the leave of Allah The Exalted. He had not
yet reached his mosque when streams were flowing. When he, then,
noticed the speed of these streams in reaching the homes and buildings
he laughed
that his molar teeth became visible. Then he said: I bear witness
that Allah is well able of everything, and that I am His bondservant
and Messenger.
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| Footnotes
(193) First three verses of
Surat 'Al-Fatihah (#1) in the meaning of: <<All Praise
be to Allah the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds (1). The All-Merciful
The Mercy-Bestowing [upon his faithful bondservants] (2). Master
of the Day of Judgement (3).>>
(194) There is no ilãh
except Allah, He does what He wills, O my ilãh You are The
Iilãh, there is no ilãh other than You, You are the
One needless of others, and we are the needy, bring rain down upon
us, and make what You will have brought down [a means of] strength
and subsistence until some time.
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| Reporters
Reported by Abu Dawood. Al-Albãni said it was of comely
ascription, that Abu Dawood said it was of good ascription and that
Al-Hãkim and Ath-Thahabi further reported this hadeeth and
said it was sound. Al-Albãni then pointed out that its ascription
was just comely. Al-Albãni included this hadeeth in The
Authentic of Good Sayings as #125
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