Muwatta Malik #457
Asking for Rain
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."
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This hadith is #457 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Asking for Rain. Muwatta Malik contains 1,985 hadiths across 61 books.