Home Hadith Hadith 987
Anas 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."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 15, Hadith 10
← Previous Hadith
Anas 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.
Next Hadith →
A 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 .