Rain Supplication

"Narrated Sharik bin `Abdullah bin Abi Namir:\n\nI heard Anas bin Malik saying, \"On a Friday a person entered the main Mosque through the gate facing the pulpit while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was delivering the Khutba. The man stood in front of Allah's Apostle and said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The livestock are dying and the roads are cut off; so please pray to Allah for rain.' \" Anas added, \"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) raised both his hands and said, 'O Allah! Bless us with rain! O Allah! Bless us with rain! O Allah! Bless us with rain!' \" Anas added, \"By Allah, we could not see any trace of cloud in the sky and there was no building or a house between us and (the mountains of) Sila.\" Anas added, \"A heavy cloud like a shield appeared from behind it (i.e. Sila' Mountain). When it came in the middle of the sky, it spread and then rained.\" Anas further said, \"By Allah! We could not see the sun for a week. Next Friday a person entered through the same gate and at that time Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was delivering the Friday's Khutba. The man stood in front of him and said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The livestock are dying and the roads are cut off, please pray to Allah to withhold rain.' \" Anas added, \"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) I raised both his hands and said, 'O Allah! Round about us and not on us. O Allah! On the plateaus, on the mountains, on the hills, in the valleys and on the places where trees grow.' So the rain stopped and we came out walking in the sun.\" Sharik asked Anas whether it was the same person who had asked for the rain (the last Friday). Anas replied that he did not know.\n\nNarrated Sharik:\n\nAnas bin Malik said, \"A person entered the Mosque on a Friday through the gate facing the Daril-Qada' and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was standing delivering the Khutba (sermon). The man stood in front of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), livestock are dying and the roads are cut off; please pray to Allah for rain.' So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) raised both his hands and said, 'O Allah! Bless us with rain. O Allah! Bless us with rain. O Allah! Bless us with rain!' Anas added, 'By Allah, there were no clouds in the sky and there was no house or building between us and the mountain of Sila'. Then a big cloud like a shield appeared from behind it (i.e. Silas Mountain) and when it came in the middle of the sky, it spread and then rained. By Allah! We could not see the sun for a week. The next Friday, a person entered through the same gate and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was delivering the Friday Khutba and the man stood in front of him and said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The livestock are dying and the roads are cut off; Please pray to Allah to withhold rain.' \" Anas added, \"Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) raised both his hands and said, 'O Allah! Round about us and not on us. O Allah!' On the plateaus, on the mountains, on the hills, in the valleys and on the places where trees grow.' \" Anas added, \"The rain stopped and we came out, walking in the sun.\" Sharik asked Anas whether it was the same person who had asked for rain the previous Friday. Anas replied that he did not know.\n\nNarrated Qatada:\n\nAnas I said, \"While Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) was delivering the Friday Khutba (sermon) a man came and said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Rain is scarce; please ask Allah to bless us with rain.' So he invoked Allah 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 Allah's Apostle! Invoke Allah to withhold the rain.' On that, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) I said, 'O Allah! 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 Medina.\"\n\nNarrated Anas:\n\nA man came to the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and said, \"Livestock are destroyed and the roads are cut off.\" So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) invoked Allah for rain and it rained from that Friday till the next Friday. The same person came again and said, \"Houses have collapsed, roads are cut off, and the livestock are destroyed. Please pray to Allah to withhold the rain.\" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (stood up and) said, \"O Allah! (Let it rain) on the plateaus, on the hills, in the valleys and over the places where trees grow.\" So the clouds cleared away from Medina as clothes are taken off .\n\nNarrated Anas bin Malik:\n\nA man came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, \"O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Livestock are destroyed and the roads are cut off. So please invoke Allah.\" So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prayed and it rained from that Friday to the next Friday. Then he came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) I and said, \"O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Houses have collapsed, roads are cut off and the livestock are destroyed.\" So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) prayed, \"O Allah! (Let it rain) on the tops of mountains, on the plateaus, in the valleys and over the places where trees grow.\" So the clouds cleared away from Medina as clothes are taken off."