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1505. It was narrated that Anas bin Mâlik said: "A man came to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allâh, the livestock have died and the routes have been cut off; pray to Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime.' So the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ prayed to Allâh and it rained from that Friday until the next. Then a man came to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and said: 'The houses have been destroyed, the routes have been cut off and the livestock have died.' He said: 'O Allâh, on the tops of the mountains and hills, in the bottom of the valleys and where the trees grow.' So (the rain) was lifted from Al-Madînah like a garment being removed." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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Commentary
1. The instantaneous acceptance or response to both supplications is from the signs of the Prophethood.
2. The purpose of the chapter is that supplication for rain should be made when the drought causes harm. Otherwise, neither does it rain every time (when the land is parched or the water is cut off), nor could one supplicate each and every time it becomes dry outside.
