It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out towards the Eid ground, he supplicated for rain. He (peace be upon him) turned his cloak and performed two rak‘ahs of prayer. The narrator of the hadith, Abu Bakr, says: I asked Hazrat ‘Abbad bin Tamim,“Tell us, did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) turn the upper part of the cloak downwards or the lower part upwards, or how did he turn it?”He replied,“No, rather the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) switched the right side to the left and the left side to the right.”

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the prayer for rain (Salat al-Istisqa), he was wearing a black-striped cloak. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to lift it from the lower part and bring it upwards, but when it became heavy upon him (and he could not move it up and down as intended), he simply turned it over his shoulders.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that due to famine, weeping women came to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). So the Prophet (peace be upon him) made this supplication «‏‏‏‏اللَٰهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثًا مُغِيثًا، مَرِيئًا مُرِيعًا، عَاجِلًا غَيْرَ آجِلٍ، نَافِعًا غَيْرَ ضَارَّ» ‏‏‏‏: "O Allah, grant us rain that will be helpful and supportive for us, pleasant, bringing greenery and prosperity, coming quickly and not delayed, beneficial and not harmful." Therefore, a heavy rain fell upon them.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) supplicated «‏‏‏‏اللَٰهُمَّ اسْقِنَا» ‏‏‏‏ "O Allah, grant us water to drink."

Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that in the narration reported by Yunus and Ma'mar from Imam Zuhri, these words are present: that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led two rak'ahs (units of prayer).

Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that in Imam Thawri's narration from Hisham bin Ishaq, these words are present: "Just as you used to offer the Eid prayers." (In the same way, the takbeers will also be recited in the prayer for Istisqa.)

It is narrated from Ishaq bin Abdullah that the governor of Madinah Munawwarah, Walid bin Utbah, sent him to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said to him, "O my nephew, go and ask him how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed (the supplication and prayer) for rain on the day he prayed for rain with the people." Ishaq says that I presented myself before Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both). I asked, "O Abu al-Abbas, on the day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for rain, how did he perform the supplication and prayer for rain?" He replied, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out with utmost humility and simplicity, and he performed the prayer for rain in the same manner as he would perform the Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha prayers."

And the evidence against the statement of those among the Tabi'in who claimed that the daytime prayer is silent—meaning that one does not recite aloud in any of the daytime prayers—is what Abu Bakr said: In the report of Ma'mar, from al-Zuhri: He recited aloud.

Imam Abu Bakr, may Allah have mercy on him, says that in the narration of Zuhri from Ma'mar, the words regarding reciting aloud are mentioned.

Abbad bin Tamim narrates from his uncle that when the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) went out for the prayer of Istisqa (prayer for rain), he faced the Qiblah and turned his back to the people. He turned his cloak inside out, led them in two rak'ahs, and recited (Qur'an) in them. And he recited aloud in them.