It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) went out (towards the open field) for Istisqa (prayer for rain), and at that time, he (peace be upon him) turned his cloak inside out. And in another narration, it is said that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) offered two rak'ahs of prayer.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, would supplicate for the salvation of poor Muslims and invoke curses upon (the disbelievers of the tribe of) Mudar... This has already been mentioned earlier (see the Book: Description of Witr... Chapter: Reciting Qunoot before and after Ruku). And in this narration, it is stated that in the end, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "(O Allah!) Forgive the tribe of Ghifar and grant safety to Aslam (the tribe of Aslam)." Ibn Abu al-Zinad narrated from his father that all of this took place in the morning prayer.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saw people turning away (from accepting the invitation to Islam), he prayed (to Allah):“O Allah! (Send upon them) seven years (of famine) like the seven years (of continuous famine) during the time of Yusuf (peace be upon him).”So famine overtook them, which destroyed every kind of vegetation, to the extent that people began to eat hides, carcasses, and rotten animals, and due to hunger (their weakness became such that) when any of them looked towards the sky, he would see something like smoke. Then Abu Sufyan (who had not yet embraced Islam at that time) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said,“O Muhammad! You command the worship of Allah and maintaining ties of kinship, and indeed these are your people (who are dying of hunger). Pray to Allah for them.”So the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) prayed to Allah for them. Then Allah the Exalted said:“So wait for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke. If We remove the punishment from these disbelievers, they will still disbelieve. Its punishment will befall them on the Day when We seize them with a mighty grasp.”(Ad-Dukhan: 10-16) Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the“grasp”(i.e., seizing) occurred on the Day of Badr, and indeed (in Surah Ad-Dukhan) the“smoke”and the“grasp,”and (in Surah Al-Furqan)“Lizam”(confinement), and the verse mentioned in Surah Ar-Rum—all have already occurred.

Narrated Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them): I often remembered the saying of the poet and looked at the face (blessed) of the Prophet (peace be upon him) when he would supplicate for rain (Istisqa). He (peace be upon him) would not descend (from the pulpit) before streams would begin to flow everywhere. (The poet's saying is:) "Fair is his complexion, the protector of orphans and widows. People seek rain by virtue of his countenance." And these are the words of Abu Talib.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that when people were afflicted by drought, the Commander of the Faithful, Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), would ask for rain through Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him). He would say: O Allah! (Previously) we used to supplicate to You for rain through our Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and You would send down rain. Now we supplicate to You through the uncle of our Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), so (now also) send down rain. (Sayyiduna Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, says that) it would start to rain.

The hadith of Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about the man who entered the mosque while the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing and delivering the sermon. He requested: "Pray for rain." This has occurred several times before (see the Book: Statement about Jumu'ah... Chapter: Praying for rain during the Friday sermon). And in this narration, (Anas, may Allah be pleased with him) says: "By Allah! For a week we did not see the sun." Then, on the following Friday, a man entered (the mosque) through the same door, and at that time the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing and delivering the (Friday) sermon. That man stood before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! (People's) wealth has been ruined (due to the abundance of water) and the roads have been blocked, so pray to Allah to stop the rain." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) then raised both his hands and said: "O Allah! Let the rain fall around us and not upon us. Let it fall on the hills, mountains, small hills, open fields, valleys, and the roots of trees." Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: (As soon as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said this) the rain stopped and we began to walk in the sunshine.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) stood during the sermon, raised both his hands and said, "O Allah, send down rain! O Allah, send down rain! O Allah, send down rain!"

The hadith of Abdullah bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding Istisqa has already been mentioned. (See the chapter: Description of Istisqa) And in this narration, it is stated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) turned his back towards the people and faced the Qiblah and began to supplicate. After that, he turned his cloak inside out, then he offered two rak'ahs of prayer with us, in which he recited aloud.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) did not raise his hands in any supplication as high as he did in the supplication for rain (Istisqa), and in Istisqa he (peace be upon him) would raise his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits would become visible.

Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw rain (falling), he would say:“(O Allah!) Let it be a beneficial rain.”