Sharjeel bin Simt said to Sayyiduna Ka’b bin Murrah, may Allah be pleased with him: O Ka’b bin Murrah! Narrate to us a hadith of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and be careful. He said: I was listening when a man came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: Pray to Allah for rain for the tribe of Mudar. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: You are very bold, is it for Mudar? He said: O Messenger of Allah! You asked Allah for help and He helped you, and you prayed to Allah and He accepted, (so please pray this time as well). So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, raised his hands and prayed: O Allah! Send down upon us such rain that removes hardship and distress, makes the land green, and has a good outcome, and let it be a general rain and abundant in water, let it come quickly and not be delayed, let it be beneficial and not harmful. Thus, the people's request was fulfilled and they soon came back to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, complaining about the abundance of rain, saying: The houses are collapsing. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, raised his hands and prayed: O Allah! Let it rain around us, not upon us. The clouds split and began to move to the right and left.

Their uncle (Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zaid Mazni) رضي الله عنه narrates that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم went out towards the Eid ground, faced the Qiblah, turned his cloak, and performed two units of prayer. Sufyan says: Turning the cloak means that the right edge is placed on the left side and the left edge on the right side.

(Second chain) Abdullah bin Zaid says: Indeed, I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, when he prayed for rain for us, he made a long supplication and asked Allah Almighty very much, then he turned towards the Qiblah and turned his cloak inside out, turning its outer side to the inner side, and the people also turned their cloaks along with him, peace and blessings be upon him.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for rain, while he was wearing a black cloak. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to take hold of its lower part and raise it upwards, but when this became difficult, he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned (the upper part of it) instead, that is, he placed the right side on the left and the left side on the right.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, supplicated for rain and he pointed towards the sky with the backs of his palms.

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would not raise his hands in any supplication, except in the supplication for rain; in that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would raise his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits would be visible.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umair (may Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of Abi al-Lahm, that he said: He saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) praying for rain near the place of Zawra, by Ahjaz al-Zayt. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing and supplicating, with his palms raised, but they were not raised above his head. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had the inner sides of his palms facing his face.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Sometimes I remember the saying of the poet while I am looking at the face of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and he is supplicating for rain on the pulpit, and he does not descend from it before every gutter overflows with abundant water. I remember the saying of the poet: "That fair-skinned one, by whose face rain is sought from the clouds; he is the refuge and shelter of orphans, and a shield for widows." This is the saying of Abu Talib.

Sayyiduna Zaid bin Khalid al-Juhani, may Allah be pleased with him, says: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, led us in the Fajr prayer at the place of Hudaybiyyah, after a night in which it had rained. When he finished the prayer, he turned to the people and said: Do you know what your Lord has said? The companions said: Allah and His Messenger know best. Allah Almighty has said: Some of My servants have entered the morning as believers in Me and disbelievers in the stars, and some as believers in the stars and disbelievers in Me. (The explanation of this is that) whoever said: We have received rain by the grace and mercy of Allah, he is a believer in Me and a disbeliever in the stars; and whoever said: We have received rain due to such-and-such star, then he is a disbeliever in Me and a believer in the stars.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) says: During the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), rain fell upon us. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out, removed (some part of) his garment from his body until the rain touched it. He was asked: O Messenger of Allah! Why did you do this? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: Because it has just come freshly from Allah, the Exalted.