Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 119
Narated By ‘Abbas bin Tamim’s uncle: The Prophet (p.b.u.h) went out to offer the Istisqa’
prayer and turned (and put on) his cloak inside out.
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 120
Narated By Abu Huraira: Whenever the Prophet (p.b.u.h) lifted his head from the bowing in the
last Raka he used to say: “O Allah! Save ‘Aiyash bin Abi Rabi’a. O Allah! Save Salama bin
Hisham. O Allah! Save Walid bin Walid. O Allah! Save the weak faithful believers. O Allah! Be
hard on the tribes of Mudar and send (famine) years on them like the famine years of (Prophet)
Joseph .” The Prophet further said, “Allah forgive the tribes of Ghifar and save the tribes of
Aslam.” Abu Az-Zinad (a sub-narrator) said, “The Qunut used to be recited by the Prophet in the
Fajr prayer.”
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 121
Narated By Masruq: We were with ‘Abdullah and he said, “When the Prophet saw the refusal
of the people to accept Islam he said, “O Allah! Send (famine) years on them for (seven years)
like the seven years (of famine during the time) of (Prophet) Joseph.” So famine overtook them
for one year and destroyed every kind of life to such an extent that the people started eating
hides, carcasses and rotten dead animals. Whenever one of them looked towards the sky, he
would (imagine himself to) see smoke because of hunger. So Abu Sufyan went to the Prophet
and said, “O Muhammad! You order people to obey Allah and to keep good relations with kith
and kin. No doubt the people of your tribe are dying, so please pray to Allah for them.” So Allah
revealed: “Then watch you For the day that The sky will bring forth a kind Of smoke Plainly
visible… Verily! You will return (to disbelief) On the day when We shall seize You with a mighty
grasp. (44.10-16) Ibn Masud added, “Al-Batsha (i.e. grasp) happened in the battle of Badr and
no doubt smoke, Al-Batsha, Al-Lizam, and the verse of Surat Ar-Rum have all passed.
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 122
Narated By ‘Abdullah bin Dinar: My father said, “I heard Ibn ‘Umar reciting the poetic verses
of Abu Talib: And a white (person) (i.e. the Prophet) who is requested to pray for rain and who
takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows.” Salim’s father (Ibn ‘Umar) said, “The
following poetic verse occurred to my mind while I was looking at the face of the Prophet
(p.b.u.h) while he was praying for rain. He did not get down till the rain water flowed profuselyfrom every roof-g utter: And a white (person) who is requested to pray for rain and who takes
care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows… And these were the words of Abu Talib.”
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 123
Narated By Anas: Whenever drought threatened them, ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab, used to ask Al-
Abbas bin ‘Abdul Muttalib to invoke Allah for rain. He used to say, “O Allah! We used to ask our
Prophet to invoke You for rain, and You would bless us with rain, and now we ask his uncle to
invoke You for rain. O Allah ! Bless us with rain.”(1) And so it would rain.
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 124
Narated By ‘Abdullah bin Zaid: The Prophet turned his cloak inside out on Istisqa.
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 125
Narated By ‘Abdullah bin Zaid: The Prophet went towards the Musalla and invoked Allah for
rain. He faced the Qibla and wore his cloak inside out, and offered two Rakat.
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 126
Narated By Sharik bin ‘Abdullah bin Abi Namir: I heard Anas bin Malik saying, “On a Friday
a person entered the main Mosque through the gate facing the pulpit while Allah’s Apostle was
delivering the Khutba. The man stood in front of Allah’s Apostle and said, ‘O Allah’s Apostle!
The livestock are dying and the roads are cut off; so please pray to Allah for rain.’ ” Anas added,
“Allah’s Apostle (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 Apostle was delivering the Friday’s Khutba. The man stood in front of him
and said, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! The livestock are dying and the roads are cut off, please pray to
Allah to with-hold rain.’ ” Anas added, “Allah’s Apostle 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.Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 127
Narated By Sharik: Anas bin Malik said, “A person entered the Mosque on a Friday through the
gate facing the Daril-Qada’ and Allah’s Apostle was standing delivering the Khutba (sermon).
The man stood in front of Allah’s Apostle and said, ‘O Allah’s Apostle, livestock are dying and
the roads are cut off; please pray to Allah for rain.’ So Allah’s Apostle (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 Silas’. 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 Apostle was delivering the Friday Khutba and the man stood
in front of him and said, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! The livestock are dying and the roads are cut off;
Please pray to Allah to withhold rain.’ ” Anas added, “Allah’s Apostle 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.
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 128
Narated By Qatada: Anas I said, “While Allah’s Apostle (p.b.u.h) was delivering the Friday
Khutba (sermon) a man came and said, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! 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 Apostle 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.”
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 129
Narated By Anas: A man came to the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and said, “Livestock are destroyed and
the roads are cut off.” So Allah’s Apostle 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 Apostle
(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.Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 130
Narated By Anas bin Malik: A man came to Allah’s Apostle and said, “O Allah’s Apostle!
Livestock are destroyed and the roads are cut off. So please invoke Allah.” So Allah’s Apostle
prayed and it rained from that Friday to the next Friday. Then he came to Allah’s Apostle I and
said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Houses have collapsed, roads are cut off and the livestock are
destroyed.” So Allah’s Apostle (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.
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 131
Narated By Anas bin Malik: A man complained to the Prophet about the destruction of
livestock and property and the hunger of the offspring. So he invoked (Allah for rain. The
narrator (Anas) did not mention that the Prophet had worn his cloak inside out or faced the
Qibla.
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 132
Narated By Anas bin Malik: A man came to Allah’s Apostle and said, “O Allah’s Apostle!
Livestock are destroyed and the roads are cut off; so please invoke Allah.” So Allah’s Apostle
prayed for rain and it rained from that Friday till the next Friday. Then a man came to the
Prophet (p.b.u.h) and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! The houses have collapsed, roads are cut off and
the livestock are destroyed.” So Allah’s Apostle said, “O Allah ! (Let it rain) on the tops of the
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.
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 133
Narated By Masruq: One day I went to Ibn Masud who said, “When Quraish delayed in
embracing Islam, the Prophet I invoked Allah to curse them, so they were afflicted with a
(famine) year because of which many of them died and they ate the carcasses and Abu Sufyan
came to the Prophet and said, ‘O Muhammad! You came to order people to keep good relation
with kith and kin and your nation is being destroyed, so invoke Allah I ? So the Prophet I recited
the Holy verses of Sirat-Ad-Dukhan: ‘Then watch you For the day that The sky will Bring forth a
kind Of smoke Plainly visible.’ (44.10) When the famine was taken off, the people renegade
once again as nonbelievers. The statement of Allah, (in Sura “Ad-Dukhan”-44) refers to that: ‘On
the day when We shall seize You with a mighty grasp.’ (44.16) And that was what happened on
the day of the battle of Badr.” Asbath added on the authority of Mansur, “Allah’s Apostle prayed
for them and it rained heavily for seven days. So the people complained of the excessive rain.The Prophet said, ‘O Allah! (Let it rain) around us and not on us.’ So the clouds dispersed over
his head and it rained over the surroundings.”
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 134
Narated By Anas: Allah’s Apostle I was delivering the Khutba (sermon) on a Friday when the
people stood up, shouted and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! There is no rain (drought), the trees have
dried and the livestock are destroyed; Please pray to Allah for rain.” So Allah’s Apostle said
twice, “O Allah! Bless us with rain.” By Allah, there was no trace of cloud in the sky and
suddenly the sky became overcast with clouds and it started raining. The Prophet came down
the pulpit and offered the prayer. When he came back from the prayer (to his house) it was
raining and it rained continuously till the next Friday. When the Prophet started delivering the
Friday Khutba (sermon), the people started shouting and said to him, “The houses have
collapsed and the roads are cut off; so please pray to Allah to withhold the rain.” So the Prophet
smiled and said, “O Allah! Round about us and not on us.” So the sky became clear over
Medina but it kept on raining over the outskirts (of Medina) and not a single drop of rain fell over
Median. I looked towards the sky which was as bright and clear as a crown.
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 135
Narated By Abbas bin Tamim: That his uncle (who was one of the companions of the Prophet)
had told him, “The Prophet went out with the people to invoke Allah for rain for them. He stood
up and invoked Allah for rain, then faced the Qibla and turned his cloak (inside out) and it
rained.”
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 136
Narated By Abbas bin Tamim: From his uncle who said, “The Prophet went out to invoke Allah
for rain. He faced the Qibla invoking Allah. He turned over his cloak (inside out) and then offered
two Rakat and recited the Quran aloud in them.”
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 137
Narated By Abbas bin Tamim: From his uncle: “I saw the Prophet on the day when he went
out to offer the Istisqa’ prayer. He turned his back towards the people and faced the Qibla and
asked Allah for rain. Then he turned his cloak inside out and led us in a two Rakat prayer and
recited the Qur’an aloud in them.”Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 138
Narated By Abbas bin Tamlm: From his uncle who said, “The Prophet invoked Allah for rain
and offered a two Rakat prayer and he put his cloak inside out.”
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 139
Narated By Abbas bin Tamim: From his uncle who said, “The Prophet went out to the Musalla
to offer the Istisqa’ prayer, faced the Qibla and offered a two-Rakat prayer and turned his cloak
inside out.” Narrated Abu Bakr, “The Prophet put the right side of his cloak on his left side.”
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 140
Narated By ‘Abdullah bin Zaid Al-Ansari: The Prophet went out towards the Musalla in order
to offer the Istisqa’ prayer and when he intended to invoke (Allah) or started invoking, he faced
the Qibla and turned his cloak inside out.
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 141
Narated By Anas bin Malik: The Prophet never raised his hands for any invocation except for
that of Istisqa’ and he used to raise them so much that the whiteness of his armpits became
visible. (Note It may be that Anas did not see the Prophet raising his hands, but it is narrated
that the Prophet used to raise his hands for invocations other than Istisqa. See Hadith No. 807
& 808 and also see Hadith No. 612, Vol. 5).
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 142
Narated By ‘Aisha: Whenever Allah’s Apostle saw the rain, he used to say, “O Allah! Let it be a
strong fruitful rain.”
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 143
Narated By Anas bin Malik: In the life-time of Allah’s Apostle (p.b.u.h) the people were afflicted
with a (famine) year. While the Prophet was delivering the Khutba (sermon) on the pulpit on a
Friday, a Bedouin stood up and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! The livestock are dying and the
families (offspring) are hungry: please pray to Allah to bless us with rain.” Allah’s Apostle raised
both his hands towards the sky and at that time there was not a trace of cloud in they sky. Then
the clouds started gathering like mountains. Before he got down from the pulpit I saw rain-water
trickling down his beard. It rained that day, the next day, the third day, the fourth day and till thenext Friday, when the same Bedouin or some other person stood up (during the Friday Khutba)
and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! The houses have collapsed and the livestock are drowned. Please
invoke Allah for us.” So Allah’s Apostle raised both his hands and said, “O Allah! Around us and
not on us.” Whichever side the Prophet directed his hand, the clouds dispersed from there till a
hole (in the clouds) was formed over Medina. The valley of Qanat remained flowing (with water)
for one month and none, came from outside who didn’t talk about the abundant rain.
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 144
Narated By Anas: Whenever a strong wind blew, anxiety appeared on the face of the Prophet
(fearing that wind might be a sign of Allah’s wrath).
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 145
Narated By Ibn Abbas: The Prophet said, “I was granted victory with As-Saba and the nation
of ‘Ad was destroyed by Ad-Dabur (westerly wind).
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 146
Narated By Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, “The Hour (Last Day) will not be established until
(religious) knowledge will be taken away (by the death of religious learned men), earthquakes
will be very frequent, time will pass quickly, afflictions will appear, murders will increase and
money will overflow amongst you.” (See Hadith No. 85 Vol 1).
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 147
Narated By Ibn ‘Umar: (The Prophet) said, “O Allah! Bless our Sham and our Yemen.” People
said, “Our Najd as well.” The Prophet again said, “O Allah! Bless our Sham and Yemen.” They
said again, “Our Najd as well.” On that the Prophet said, “There will appear earthquakes and
afflictions, and from there will come out the side of the head of Satan.”
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 148
Narated By Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani: Allah’s Apostle led the morning prayer in Al-Hudaibiya
and it had rained the previous night. When the Prophet (p.b.u.h) had finished the prayer he
faced the people and said, “Do you know what your Lord has said?” They replied, “Allah and His
Apostle know better.” (The Prophet said), “Allah says, ‘In this morning some of My worshipers
remained as true believers and some became non-believers; he who said that it had rained with
the blessing and mercy of Allah is the one who believes in Me and does not believe in star, buthe who said it had rained because of such and such (star) is a disbeliever in Me and is a
believer in star.’”
SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 17. INVOKING ALLAH FOR RAIN (ISTISQAA)
Sahih Bukhari Volume 2, Book 17, Hadith Number 149
Narated By Ibn ‘Umar: Allah’s Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, “Keys of the unseen knowledge are five
which nobody knows but Allah… nobody knows what will happen tomorrow; nobody knows what
is in the womb; nobody knows what he will gain tomorrow; nobody knows at what place he will
die; and nobody knows when it will rain.”
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