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Salat al-Istisqa (Prayer for Rain)

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Narrated Jabir bin Abdillah (RA): (Because of draught) some people came to the Prophet (ﷺ) weeping. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said -

اَللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثًا مُغِيْثًا مَرِيْئًا مَرِيْعًا نَافِعًا غَيْرَ ضَارٍّ عَاجِلًا غَيْرَ آجِلٍ

Pronunciation

Allaahumma 'asqinaa ghaythan mugheethan maree-an maree'an, naafi'an ghayra dhaarrin, 'aajilan ghayra 'aajil

Meaning

O Allah, shower upon us abundant rain, beneficial not harmful, swiftly and not delayed. Soon the sky became overcast.

Source: Sahih (Albani). Abu Dawud: 1169

Read the hadith

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي خَلَفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْفَقِيرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَوَاكِي فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثًا مُغِيثًا مَرِيئًا مَرِيعاً نَافِعًا غَيْرَ ضَارٍّ عَاجِلاً غَيْرَ آجِلٍ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَطْبَقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ ‏.‏

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The people came to the Prophet (ﷺ) weeping (due to drought). He said (making supplication): O Allah! give us rain which will replenish us, abundant, fertilising and profitable, not injurious, granting it now without delay. He (the narrator) said: Thereupon the sky became overcast. [Sahih (Albani). Abu Dawud: 1169]

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