Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi
Bakr ibn Amr ibn Hazm that he had heard Abbad ibn Tamim
say that he had heard Abdullah ibn Zayd al-Mazini say,
"The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, came out to the place of prayer and asked for rain,
and when he faced the qibla he turned his cloak inside
out."
Malik was asked how many rakas there were in the prayer
of asking for rain and he said, "Two rakas, and the imam
does the prayer before he gives the khutba. He prays two
rakas, and then he gives a khutba and makes dua, facing
the qibla and turning his cloak inside out. He recites out
loud in both rakas, and when he turns his cloak inside out
he puts what is on his right on his left, and what is on
his left on his right, and all the people turn their
cloaks inside out when the imam does so, and face the
qibla, sitting."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from
Amr ibn Shuayb that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, when he asked for
rain, "O Allah, give water to Your slaves and Your
animals, and spread Your mercy, and give life to Your dead
land."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Sharik ibn Abdullah
ibn Abi Namir that Anas ibn Malik said, "A man came to the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, and said, 'Messenger of Allah, our animals are
dying and our camels are too weak to travel, so make dua
to Allah.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, made dua, and it rained on us from one
jumua to the next."
Anas continued, "Then a man came to the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said,
'Messenger of Allah, our houses have fallen down, the
paths are blocked, and our flocks are dying.' The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, 'O Allah, (only) the mountain and hill-tops,
the valley bottoms, and the places where trees grow.' "
Anas added, "It cleared away from Madina like a garment
being removed."
Malik said, about a man who missed the prayer of asking
for rain but caught the khutba, and wished to pray in the
mosque, or in his house when he returned, "He is free to
do so, or not, as he wishes."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Salih ibn Kaysan
from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba ibn Masud that Zayd
ibn Khalid al-Juhani said, "The Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, took the subh prayer
with us at Hudaybiyya after it had rained in the night.
When he had finished he went up to the people and said,
'Do you know what your Lord has said?' They said, 'Allah
and His Messenger know best.' He said, 'Some of my slaves
have begun the morning believing in Me, and others have
begun it rejecting Me. As for those who say, 'We were
rained on by the overflowing favour of Allah and His
mercy,' they believe in Me and reject the stars. But as
for those who say, 'We were rained on by such and such a
star, they reject Me and believe in the stars.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, used to say, "When a cloud appears from the
direction of the sea and then goes towards ash-Sham, it
will be an abundant source of rain."
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that
Abu Hurayra used to say, when morning came after it had
rained on the people, "We have been rained upon by the
rain of Allah's opening," and would then recite the ayat,
"Whatever Allah opens to man of His mercy no-one can
withhold, and whatever He withholds no-one can send
forward after Him. " (Sura 35 ayat 2).
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