9. Istisqāʾ Prayer (Asking for Rain)

٩۔ كتاب صلاة الاستسقاء

9.2 Raising The Hands In Supplication When Praying For Rain

٩۔٢ باب رَفْعِ الْيَدَيْنِ بِالدُّعَاءِ فِي الاِسْتِسْقَاءِ

muslim:895aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yaḥyá b. Abū Bukayr > Shuʿbah > Thābit > Anas

I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ raising his hands (high enough) in supplication (for rain) that the whiteness of his armpits became visible.  

مسلم:٨٩٥aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي الدُّعَاءِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ  

muslim:895bʿAbd b. Ḥumayd > al-Ḥasan b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Thābit > Anas b. Mālik

Anas b. Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for rain pointing the back of his hands to the sky.  

مسلم:٨٩٥bوَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ اسْتَسْقَى فَأَشَارَ بِظَهْرِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ  

muslim:895cMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Ibn Abū ʿAdī And ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was not accustomed to raice his hands in any supplication he made except when praying for rain. (He would then raise [his hands] high enough) that the whiteness of his armpits became visible. 'Abd al-A'la said that (he was in doubt whether it was) the whiteness of his armpit or armpits.  

مسلم:٨٩٥cحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ وَعَبْدُ الأَعْلَى عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ لاَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ إِلاَّ فِي الاِسْتِسْقَاءِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الأَعْلَى قَالَ يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطِهِ أَوْ بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ  

muslim:896Ibn al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn Abū ʿArūbah > Qatādah Annaḥaddathahum

This hadith has been narrated by Anas b. Malik through another chain of transmitters.  

مسلم:٨٩٦وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ أَنَّحَدَّثَهُمْ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ