The Supplication For Rain

عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّجُمُعَةٍ مِنْ بَابٍ كَانَ نَحْوَ دَارِ الْقَضَاءِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَائِمٌ يَخْطُبُ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَائِمًا ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلَكَتِ الأَمْوَالُ وَانْقَطَعَتِ السُّبُلُ فَادْعُ اللَّهِ يُغِثْنَا ‏.‏ قَالَ فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ اللَّهُمَّ أَغِثْنَا اللَّهُمَّ أَغِثْنَا اللَّهُمَّ أَغِثْنَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَلاَ وَاللَّهِ مَا نَرَى فِي السَّمَاءِ مِنْ سَحَابٍ وَلاَ قَزَعَةٍ وَمَا بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ سَلْعٍ مِنْ بَيْتٍ وَلاَ دَارٍ - قَالَ - فَطَلَعَتْ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ سَحَابَةٌ مِثْلُ التُّرْسِ فَلَمَّا تَوَسَّطَتِ السَّمَاءَ انْتَشَرَتْ ثُمَّ أَمْطَرَتْ - قَالَ - فَلاَ وَاللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْنَا الشَّمْسَ سَبْتًا

Anas b. Malik reported that a person entered the mosque through the door situated on the side of Dar al-Qada' during Friday (prayers) and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was delivering the sermon while standing. He came and stood in front of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said, “Messenger of Allah, the camels have died and the passages have been blocked; so supplicate Allah to send down rain upon us.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised his hands and then said, “O Allah, send down rain upon us; O Allah, send down rain upon us; O Allah, send down rain upon us.” Anas further narrated, “By Allah, we did not see any cloud or any patch of it, and there was neither any house or building standing between us and the (hillock) Sal'a. There (then) appeared a cloud in the shape of a shield from behind it, and as it (came high) in the sky it spread and then there was a downpour of rain. By Allah, we did not see the sun throughout the week.”

Narrated in Sahih Muslim

Grade: sahih (authentic)

Translation adapted from sunnah.com

Lessons:

1. Every calamity that befalls us is a test from Allah – possibly consequential to our own misdoings – that intends to test our patience.

2. Islam teaches us to call to Allah to relieve us of such hardship.

3. One of the supplications that Rasulullah (ﷺ) taught was to ask for rain during times of weather-related tribulations such as dry spells and haze:

‏"‏ اللَّهُمَّ أَغِثْنَا اللَّهُمَّ أَغِثْنَا اللَّهُمَّ أَغِثْنَا ‏"‏

‘O Allah, send upon us rain. O Allah, send upon us rain. O Allah, send upon us rain.’

We can also perform the supplementary istisqa’ prayer to ask for rain from Allah. Let’s ask Allah that the rain not only cleanses the earth but grants us relief from polluted air and the like.

17/06/2022, 09:50 - Osman Abdullah: I think this could be a ruse to put him away from the world stage for the time being because of the increasing animosity towards him. 

These people are not jabbed in the first place; that's just a lie to say that he's vaccinated.

But it's not a lie to say that his life is in danger because people have woken up to the evil monstrosity that he has brought upon people all around the world.