Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that while the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was delivering the sermon on Friday, people stood up before him and said in a loud voice: Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , there is a drought and the trees have become yellow, the animals have died; and the rest of the hadith is the same, and in the narration transmitted by 'Abdul A'la the words are:" The clouds cleared from Madinah and it began to rain around it and not a single drop of rain fell in Madinah. And as I looked towards Madinah, I found it hollow like (the hollowness of) a basin.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas but with this addition:" Allah gathered the clouds and as we (were obliged) to stay back I saw that even the strong man, impelled by a desire to go to his family, (could not do so)."

'Ubaidullah bin Anas bin Malik (RA) heard (his father) Anas bin Malik (RA) as saying: A bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) on Friday as he was (delivering the sermon on his) pulpit; and the rest of the hadith is the same but with this addition:" I saw the cloud clearing just as a sheet is folded."

Anas (b. Malik) reported: It rained upon us as we were with the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) removed his cloth (from a part of his body) till the rain fell on it. We said: Messenger of Allah, why did you do this? He said: It is because it (the rainfall) has just come from the Exalted Lord.

'Ata' bin Abi Rabah reported that he heard 'A'isha, the wife of the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , as saying: When there was on any day windstorm or dark cloud (its effects) could be read on the face of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , and he moved forward and backward (in a state of anxiety) ; and when it rained, he was delighted and it (the state of restlessness) disappeared. 'A'isha said: I asked him the reason of this anxiety and he said: I was afraid that it might be a calamity that might fall upon my Ummah, and when he saw rainfall he said: It is the mercy (of Allah).

'Ata' bin Rabah reported on the authority of 'A'isha, the wife of the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , who said: Whenever the wind was stormy, the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to say: O Allah! I ask Thee for what is good in it, and the good which it contains, and the good of that which it was sent for. I seek refuge with Thee from what is evil in it, what evil it contains, and the evil of that what it was sent for; and when there was a thunder and lightning in the sky, his colour underwent a change, and he went out and in, backwards and forwards; and when the rain came, he felt relieved, and I noticed that (the sign of relief) on his face. 'A'isha asked him (about it) and he said: It may be as the people of 'Ad said: When they saw a cloud formation coming to their valley they said:" It is a cloud which would give us rain" (Qur'an, xlvi. 24).

'A'isha, the wife of the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , reported: I never saw Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) laugh to such an extent that I could see his uvula-whereas he used to smile only-and when he saw dark clouds or wind, (the signs of fear) were depicted on his face. I said: Messenger of Allah, I find people being happy when they ace the dark cloud in the hope that it would bring rain, but I find that when you see that (the cloud) there is an anxiety on your face. He said: 'A'isha, I am afraid that there may be a calamity in it, for a people was afflicted with wind, when the people saw the calamity they said:" It is a cloud which would give us rain" (Qur'an. xlvi. 24).

Ibn 'Abbas reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: I have been helped by the east wind and the 'Ad were destroyed by the west wind.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas through another chain of transmitters.