It is narrated about Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that once he stood up to deliver a sermon, and during his sermon, he narrated a hadith from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) stated: Once, I and a boy from the Ansar were practicing archery during the blessed time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Meanwhile, the sun rose, and to the observer, it appeared to be the length of a spear or two spears, the rest was dark. One of us said to his companion: Let us go to the mosque of Allah’s Messenger. By Allah! This state of the sun must be bringing a new command for the Ummah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). We went to the mosque, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had just come out of his house. He (peace and blessings be upon him) stood and began to pray. He (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer, and of all the prayers he led us in, this was the longest. We did not hear his voice. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and performed the second rak‘ah in the same manner. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) sat down, the eclipse ended while he was still sitting. He (peace and blessings be upon him) completed the prayer with salam, then praised and glorified Allah, and testified that there is no deity except Allah and that he (peace and blessings be upon him) is Allah’s servant and Messenger. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O people! I am a human being who has been sent as a Messenger. I ask you by Allah, if you know that I have been negligent in conveying the message of my Lord, then inform me about it. The people replied: We bear witness that you (peace and blessings be upon him) have conveyed the message of your Lord and have shown goodwill to your Ummah, and you (peace and blessings be upon him) have fulfilled what was entrusted to you. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Some people think that the eclipse of the sun or the moon, or the falling of stars from their rising place, happens due to the death of some great person from the people of the earth. These people are mistaken; rather, these are signs of Allah, through which Allah admonishes His servants so that they may turn to repentance. By Allah! Whatever situation you have to face in your worldly and religious matters, I have just seen it while standing here in prayer. By Allah! The Hour will not be established until the appearance of great liars among you, one of whom will be the one-eyed Dajjal. His left eye will not be there; it will be like the eye of Abu Tuhayya. He was an old man from the Ansar, and there was a wooden stick between him and the chamber of Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her). Whenever Dajjal appears, he will claim that he is Allah, and whoever affirms and follows him, none of his previous good deeds will benefit him. Soon, Dajjal will dominate the entire earth except for the sacred precincts and Bayt al-Maqdis; he will not be able to conquer them. He will force the Muslims to go towards Bayt al-Maqdis, and they will be under severe siege. The narrator named Aswad states: I think these words are also in the narration, that during this time, Sayyiduna Isa bin Maryam (peace be upon him) will descend among them, and Allah will defeat Dajjal and his armies, until even the foundation of the wall and the trunk of the tree will call out: O believer! This disbeliever is hiding behind me, come forward and kill him. And this will not happen until you see great events that will disturb you. You will ask each other: Did your Prophet mention this to you? It will be such a trial that even mountains will move from their places. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then after that, there will be a seizure. Then he joined the tips of his fingers together. Then he said this a second time: What the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had said, I have seen it. Then he mentioned the same thing and did not change a single word from its place, neither before nor after.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the livestock are perishing and it is no longer possible to travel, so please pray to Allah Almighty. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed to Allah Almighty. The narrator says: From one Friday to the next, it rained upon us. The narrator says: Then a man came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), houses are collapsing and livestock are perishing. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up and prayed: "O Allah! Let the rain fall on the tops of the mountains, in the lowlands, and in the forests." The narrator says: The clouds cleared from Madinah in such a way as a cloth is torn apart.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was delivering the Friday sermon when some people stood before him and said in a loud voice: O Messenger of Allah! There is a drought, the trees have turned black, and the animals are perishing. Please supplicate to Allah for us, that He may send down rain upon us. So the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) prayed: O Allah! Send down rain upon us. The narrator says: By Allah! We could not see even a patch of cloud in the sky. The narrator says: At that moment, a patch appeared and it began to spread, then it started to rain. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) descended from the pulpit, performed the prayer, and after completing the prayer, it continued to rain until the next Friday. Then, when the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) stood to deliver the sermon, the people called out loudly: O Messenger of Allah! The houses are collapsing, and travel has become impossible. Please supplicate to Allah for us, that He may withhold the rain from us. The narrator says: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) smiled and then said: O Allah! Around us, not upon us. The narrator says: The clouds cleared from over Madinah, and it continued to rain around Madinah, but not a single drop fell upon Madinah. The narrator says: I saw Madinah, and it was like a crown (i.e., the clouds had cleared from it).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Once, there was no rain for a whole year, so some Muslims stood before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), there has been no rain, the land has dried up, and the crops are being destroyed. The narrator says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised both his hands; we could not see any clouds in the sky. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) spread both his hands until the whiteness of his armpits became visible to us, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed to Allah Almighty for rain. We had not yet performed Jumu'ah (Friday prayer) when such heavy rain began that a young man whose house was near the mosque intended to go home. Then it rained the entire week. When the next Friday came, a man said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), houses are collapsing and it is no longer possible to travel. The narrator says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled at the hastiness of the son of Adam, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised both his hands and prayed: O Allah! Let it be around us, not upon us. The narrator says: The clouds cleared from over Madinah Munawwarah.

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Some people complained to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) about the lack of rain, so the Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered that the pulpit be placed in the Eid ground. The Prophet (peace be upon him) promised the people a day, and on that day, when the people came, Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates, as soon as the sun rose, the Prophet (peace be upon him) set out and sat on the pulpit. The Prophet (peace be upon him) praised and glorified Allah, then said: You have complained about your gardens drying up and about the long period without rain. Allah Almighty has commanded you to supplicate to Him, and He has promised you that He will accept your supplication. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) recited: All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgment. There is no deity except You; You do whatever You will. O Allah! You are Allah, there is no deity except You, You are Self-Sufficient and we are needy before You, so send down rain upon us, and make what You send down to us a source of strength and a means to goodness.

Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) raised both his hands until we saw the whiteness of his armpits. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) turned his back to the people and turned his cloak inside out. The Prophet (peace be upon him) kept his hands raised, then he turned to face the people, descended from the pulpit, and performed two units of prayer. Then Allah Almighty created clouds, there was thunder and lightning, and it began to rain by Allah’s command. We were still in the mosque when the drains began to overflow. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) saw that people had covered themselves with their clothes, he smiled so much that his molar teeth became visible. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: I bear witness that surely Allah has power over all things, and I am Allah’s servant and His Messenger.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: In the blessed time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when there was a drought, people would supplicate for rain through the means of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would also supplicate for rain for those people, and they would be granted rain. After the passing of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), a drought occurred, so Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) went out taking Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) along, so that they could supplicate for rain through his means. He said: "O Allah! Previously, when we were afflicted with drought in the time of Your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we would supplicate for rain through the means of Your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and You would grant us rain. Now we supplicate to You through the means of the uncle of Your Prophet, so grant us rain." The narrator says: They were granted rain.

Hisham bin Ishaq narrates from his father: A governor sent me to Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) so that I could ask him about the prayer of Istisqa (prayer for rain). He informed me: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) went out in ordinary clothes, expressing humility and modesty. He did not deliver a sermon like you people do. He performed two rak'ahs of prayer just as he used to perform on the occasion of Eid.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) would not raise both hands while supplicating, except when supplicating for rain. On that occasion, he (peace be upon him) raised both hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits became visible.

Abbas bin Tamim narrates from his uncle that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) performed the Salat al-Istisqa (prayer for rain) by offering two rak'ahs and recited aloud.

Abbas bin Tamim narrates from his uncle that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) went out to perform the prayer for rain (Salat al-Istisqa). He (peace be upon him) faced the Qiblah and turned his back to the people. He (peace be upon him) took off his cloak and performed two rak'ahs in which he recited aloud.