8. Ṣalāh for Rain (Istisqāʾ)
٨۔ كِتَابُ صَلَاةِ الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ
"He turned around his cloak, putting its right side on his left shoulder and its left side on his right shoulder. Thereafter he made supplication to Allah." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1163)
عَنْ عَمِّهِ فِي خُرُوجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَى الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ قَالَ وَحَوَّلَ رِدَاءَهُ فَجَعَلَ عِطَافَهُ الْأَيْمَنَ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ الْأَيْسَرِ وَجَعَلَ عِطَافَهُ الْأَيْسَرَ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ ثُمَّ دَعَا اللهَ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to the place of prayer seeking rain. He turned his cloak inside out and faced the qibla (direction of prayer), and prayed two rak'ahs. According to the chain of narration, Sufyan said: Yahya bin Sa'id and Al-Mas'oodi narrated from Abu Bakr bin Muhammad, from Abbād bin Tamim, from Abdullah bin Zaid with this hadith. Al-Mas'oodi said, "So I asked Abu Bakr: Did he place his right hand on his left hand, or his left hand on his right hand?" He said, "No, rather he placed his right hand on his left hand."
خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى يَسْتَسْقِي فَحَوَّلَ رِدَاءَهُ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَالْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ أَجَعَلَ الْيَمِينَ عَلَى الشِّمَالِ وَالشِّمَالَ عَلَى الْيَمِينِ أَوْ جَعَلَ أَعْلَاهُ أَسْفَلَهُ قَالَ لَا بَلْ جَعَلَ الْيَمِينَ عَلَى الشِّمَالِ وَالشِّمَالَ عَلَى الْيَمِينِ
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh)prayed for rain wearing a black robe with ornamented border. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh)wanted to reverse it from bottom to top by holding the bottom. But when it was too heavy he turned it round on his shoulders. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1164)
اسْتَسْقَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَلَيْهِ خَمِيصَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ بِأَسْفَلِهَا فَيَجْعَلُهُ أَعْلَاهَا فَلَمَّا ثَقُلَتْ عَلَيْهِ قَلَبَهَا عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ لَفْظُهُمَا سَوَاءُ