Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: The people were in the grip of famine during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , and (once) as the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was delivering the sermon standing on the pulpit on Friday, a bedouin stood up and said: Messenger of Allah, the animals died and the children suffered starvation. The rest of the hadith is the same (and the words are) that he (the Holy Prophet) said: O Allah, send down rain in our suburbs but not on us. He (the narrator) said: To whichever directions he pointed with his hands, the clouds broke up and I saw Madinah like the opening of a (courtyard) and the stream of Qanat flowed for one month, and none came from any part (of Arabia) but with the news of heavy rainfall.