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556. ‘Abbād bin Tamīm narrated from his uncle: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ went out with the people to seek rain. So he led them in prayer for two Rak’ah, reciting aloud in them, turning his upper wrap around, raising his hands, requesting rain, and facing the Qiblah.” (Saḥīḥ)
(He said:) There are narrations on this topic from Ibn ‘Abbās, Abū Hurairah, Anas, and Abī Al-Laḥm.
Abū ‘Eisā said: The Hadīth of Abdullah bin Zaid is a Hasan Saḥīḥ Hadīth. One should act based upon this, according to the people of knowledge. It is the view of Ash-Shāfi‘ī, Aḥmad, and Ishāq.
‘Abbād bin Tamīm’s uncle’s name is ‘Abdullāh bin Zaid bin ‘Aṣim Al-Māzinī.
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Commentary
According to the majority scholars, Imām Shāfi'ī, Mālik, Aḥmad, the two disciples of Imām Abū Ḥanīfah and other people of knowledge: performing a prayer to seek rain is proven from the Sunnah. Shaikh Taqī 'Uthmānī said, Imām Abū Ḥanīfah also holds the view that the prayer for rain is Sunnah, and his saying that prayer for rain is not Sunnah means that the Sunnah of seeking rain is not specified only with prayer; instead this Sunnah can also be performed just by making supplication and seeking forgiveness.
