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1267. It was narrated that 'Abdullâh bin Abu Bakr said: "I heard 'Abbâd bin Tamim narrating to my father that his paternal uncle had seen the Prophet ﷺ going out to the prayer place to pray for rain. He faced the Qiblah and turned his cloak around, and prayed two Rak'ah."
(One of the narrators) Muhammad bin Sabbâh said: "Sufyân told us something similar, narrating from Yahya bin Sa'eed, from Abu Bakr bin
Muhammad bin 'Amr bin Hazm, from 'Abbâd bin Tamim, from his paternal uncle, from the Prophet ﷺ.
Sufyân narrated that Al-Mas'udi said: "I asked Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin 'Amr: 'Did he turn it upside down or right to left?' He said: 'No, it was right to left.'" (Sahih)
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[1] In the narration of At-Tirmidhi (no. 558), it was Walid bin 'Uqbah.
Commentary
a. The act of 'turning the cloak over' was like backing up the oral petition to Allâh with the physical form of supplication, and a way to implore Almighty Allâh to change their plight (from famine to a bountiful condition) even as His slave and Messenger had changed the manner of wearing his robe.
b. It is a Sunnah to supplicate to Allâh after the 'prayer for rain' with the back of one's hands turned towards the face.
