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Istisqā' (to invoke Allāh for the rain) on the pulpit.

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Darussalam · Volume 2

15 - THE BOOK OF AL-ISTISQĀ' (i.e. to offer a two Rak'ā prayer and then to invoke Allāh for rain at the time of drought]

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الحديث: 1015 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 29

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1015. Narrated Qatāda: Anas رضي الله عنه said, "While Allāh's Messenger ﷺ was delivering the Friday Khutba (religious talk) a man came and said, 'O Allāh's Messenger! Drought (no rain); please invoke Allāh to bless us with rain.' So, he invoked Allāh 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 Allāh's Messenger! Invoke Allāh to withhold the rain.' On that, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, 'O Allāh! 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 Al-Madīna."

Arabic text

1015 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ الجُمُعَةِ، إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَحَطَ المَطَرُ، فَادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَسْقِيَنَا، فَدَعَا فَمُطِرْنَا، فَمَا كِدْنَا أَنْ نَصِلَ إِلَى مَنَازِلِنَا فَمَا زِلْنَا نُمْطَرُ إِلَى الجُمُعَةِ المُقْبِلَةِ، قَالَ: فَقَامَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ أَوْ غَيْرُهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَصْرِفَهُ عَنَّا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلاَ عَلَيْنَا» قَالَ: فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ السَّحَابَ يَتَقَطَّعُ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا، يُمْطَرُونَ وَلاَ يُمْطَرُ أَهْلُ المَدِينَةِ

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