Category:The Book of Invoking Allah for Rain Istisqaa in Sahih AlBukhari

List of Chapters in The Book of Invoking Allah for Rain Istisqaa

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The Book of Invoking Allah for Rain Istisqaa Summary

1. Narrated Masruq We were with Abdullah and he said When the Prophet saw the refusal of the people to accept Islam he said O Allah Send famine years on them for seven years like the seven years of famine during the time of Prophet Joseph
2. He did not get down till the rain water flowed profusely from every roof gutter And a white person who is requested to pray for rain and who takes care of the orphans and is the guardian of widows
3. He used to say O Allah We used to ask our Prophet to invoke You for rain and You would bless us with rain and now we ask his uncle to invoke You for rain
4. Anas added Allah Messenger raised both his hands and said O Allah Bless us with rain O Allah Bless us with rain O Allah Bless us with rain Anas added By Allah we could not see any trace of cloud in the sky and there was no building or a house between us and the mountains of Sila
5. The same person came again and said Houses have collapsed roads are cut off and the livestock are destroyed
6. Narrated Masruq One day I went to Ibn Massuod who said When Quraish delayed in embracing Islam the Prophet I invoked Allah to curse them so they were afflicted with a famine year because of which many of them died and they ate the carcasses and Abu Sufyan came to the Prophet and said O Muhammad You came to order people to keep good relation with kith and kin and your nation is being destroyed so invoke Allah I So the Prophet I recited the Holy verses of Surat AlDukhan Then watch you For the day that The sky will Bring forth a kind Of smoke Plainly visible
7. So the sky became clear over Medina but it kept on raining over the outskirts of Medina and not a single drop of rain fell over Median
8. Narrated Abbad Bin Tamim from his uncle who said The Prophet went out to the Musalla to offer the Istisqa prayer faced the Qibla and offered a two rakat prayer and turned his cloak inside out
9. Note It may be that Anas did not see the Prophet raising his hands but it is narrated that the Prophet used to raise his hands for invocations other than Istisqa
10. It rained that day the next day the third day the fourth day and till the next Friday when the same Bedouin or some other person stood up during the Friday Khutba and said O Allah Messenger The houses have collapsed and the livestock are drowned
11. Narrated Abu Huraira The Prophet said The Hour Last Day will not be established until religious knowledge will be taken away by the death of religious learned men earthquakes will be very frequent time will pass quickly afflictions will appear murders will increase and money will overflow amongst you
12. The Prophet said Allah says In this morning some of My worshipers remained as true believers and some became non believers he who said that it had rained with the blessing and mercy of Allah is the one who believes in Me and does not believe in star but he who said it had rained because of such and such star is a disbeliever in Me and is a believer in star
13. nobody knows what will happen tomorrow nobody knows what is in the womb nobody knows what he will gain tomorrow nobody knows at what place he will die and nobody knows when it will rain

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