Supplications For Cloudy And Rainy Weather

عَنْ الْمِقْدَامِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا رَأَى سَحَابًا مُقْبِلًا مِنْ أُفُقٍ مِنْ الْآفَاقِ تَرَكَ مَا هُوَ فِيهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ حَتَّى يَسْتَقْبِلَهُ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَ بِهِ فَإِنْ أَمْطَرَ قَالَ  

اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً وَإِنْ كَشَفَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلَمْ يُمْطِرْ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ 

Aishah narrated that when the Prophet (ﷺ) saw a cloud approaching from any horizon, he would stop what he was doing, even if he was praying, and turn to face it, then he would say: 

“Allahumma inna na’udhu bika min sharri ma ursila bihi (O Allah, we seek refuge with You from the evil of that with which it is sent).” Then if it rained he would say: “Allahumma sayyiban nafi’an (O Allah, a beneficial rain),” two or three times. And if Allah dispelled it and it did not rain, he would praise Allah for that. 

Grade : Sahih (Darussalam)  

Reference: Sunan Ibn Majah 3889 

Hadith translation obtained from: https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah/34/63 

 Lessons: 

1.  Everything that happens, be it cloudy or rainy weather, happens because Allah wills it to happen. 

2.  Rasulullah SAW taught us a prayer to recite when we see gloomy weather approaching: 

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَ بِهِ 

O Allah, we seek refuge with You from the evil of that with which it is sent. 

3.  Rasulullah SAW also taught us a prayer to recite it is raining: 

اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا 

O Allah, (make it) a beneficial rain 

Let us practice these prayers when the weather is cloudy and rainy.