Abbad b. Tamim Mazini heard his uncle, who was one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), as saying: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) went out one day in order to pray for rain. He turned his back towards people, supplicated before Allah, facing towards Qibla, and turned his mantle round and then observed two rak'ahs of prayer.
Read More..Anas reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) raising his hands (high enough) in supplication (for rain) that the whiteness of his armpits became visible.
Read More..Anas b. Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) prayed for rain pointing the back of his hands to the sky.
Read More..Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was not accustomed to raice his hands in any supplication he made except when praying for rain. (He would then raise [his hands] high enough) that the whiteness of his armpits became visible. 'Abd al-A'la said that (he was in doubt whether it was) the whiteness of his armpit or armpits.
Read More..This hadith has been narrated by Anas b. Malik through another chain of transmitters.
Read More..Anas b. Malik reported that a person entered the mosque through the door situated on theside of Daral-Qada' during Friday (prayer) and the messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was delivering the sermon while standing. He came and stood in front of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: Messenger of Allah, the camels died and the passages were blocked; so supplicate Allah to send down rain upon us. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) raised his hands and then said: (O Allah, send down rain upon us; O Allah, send dowp rain upon us; O Allah, send down rain upon us. Anas said: By Allah, we did not see any cloud or any patch of it, and there was neither any house or building standing between us and the (hillock) Sal'a. There appeared a cloud in the shape of a shield from behind it, and as it (came high) in the sky it spread and then there was a downpour of rain. By Allah, we did not see the sun throughout the week. Then (that very man) came on the coming Friday through the same door when the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was standing and delivering the sermon. He stood in front of him and said: Messenger of Allah, our animals died and the passages blocked. Supplicate Allah to stop the rain for us. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) again raised his hands and said: O Allah, let it (rain) fall in our suburbs and not on us, O Allah (send it down) on the hillocks and small mountains and the river-beds and at places where trees grow. The rain stopped, and as we stepped out we were walking in sun- shine. He (the narrator) said to Sharik: I asked Anas b. Malik if he was the same man. He said: I do not know.
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