Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Once, a prophet went out with the people to perform the prayer for rain (Salat al-Istisqa). There was also an ant there, which had raised its feet (i.e., hands) towards the sky. So that prophet said: 'Return, for because of this ant your prayer has been accepted.'"

Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from his father (Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, may Allah be pleased with him): The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned his cloak inside out while supplicating for rain so that the drought would come to an end.

‘Ubad bin Tamim narrates from his uncle: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) went out to the Eid ground to perform the prayer for rain (Salat al-Istisqa). While supplicating, he (peace be upon him) faced the Qiblah, turned his cloak inside out, and performed two rak‘ahs (units) of the prayer for rain. Sufyan, the narrator, says: While turning his cloak inside out, the Prophet (peace be upon him) placed its right side to the left and its left side to the right.

Talhah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: Marwan sent me to Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) so that I could ask him about the Sunnah method of the prayer for rain (Salat al-Istisqa). Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Sunnah for Istisqa (i.e., supplicating for rain) is that the prayer for rain should be performed in the Eid ground. However, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) had turned his cloak inside out. He (peace be upon him) placed its right side on the left and its left side on the right. He (peace be upon him) performed two rak‘ahs of prayer. In the first rak‘ah, he (peace be upon him) said the takbir seven times and recited Surah al-A‘la, while in the second rak‘ah he recited Surah al-Ghashiyah. In the second rak‘ah, he (peace be upon him) said the takbir five times.

Ubad bin Tamim narrates from his uncle: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) went out with the people to pray for rain. There, he led the people in two rak'ahs in which he recited aloud. The Prophet (peace be upon him) turned his cloak inside out and raised both his hands in supplication. He prayed for the descent of rain, and his face was towards the Qiblah.

Ubad bin Tamim narrates from his uncle: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) went out with the people to pray for rain. He proceeded to the Eid ground, where he supplicated for rain. The Prophet (peace be upon him) stood and prayed to Allah, faced the Qiblah, and turned his cloak inside out, and then the people were given water (i.e., rain was sent down).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite aloud in the prayers of the two Eids and Istisqa (prayer for rain).

Ubadah bin Tamim narrates from his uncle, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to pray for rain. He delivered a sermon to the people, and when he began to supplicate, he turned his face towards the Qiblah and turned his cloak inside out.

The same narration, along with some other chains of transmission, is reported from Abdullah bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) in similar wording.

Ishaq bin Abdullah reports: The governor of Madinah, Walid bin Utbah, sent him to Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them). He said: "O my nephew! Ask them what the Prophet (peace be upon him) did regarding the prayer for rain." When he prayed for rain for the people, Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) replied: "Yes! The Prophet (peace be upon him) went out in a state of humility and submissiveness, and he did there just as he would do in the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers." Here, the narrator differed in transmitting one word.