17. Istisqāʾ Prayer (Asking for Rain)

١٧۔ كتاب الاستسقاء

17.3 The recommended condition for the imam to be in if he goes out

١٧۔٣ باب الْحَالِ الَّتِي يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلإِمَامِ أَنْ يَكُونَ عَلَيْهَا إِذَا خَرَجَ

nasai:1506Isḥāq b. Manṣūr And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Hishām b. Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Kinānah from his father > Arsalanī Fulān > Ibn ʿAbbās Asʾaluh

His father said: "So and so sent me to ask him how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for rain (Istisqa')." He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out beseeching and humble, (dressed) in a state of humility. He did not give a Khutbah like this Khutbah of yours, and he prayed two rak'ahs.'"  

النسائي:١٥٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كِنَانَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَرْسَلَنِي فُلاَنٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَسْأَلُهُ

عَنْ صَلاَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الاِسْتِسْقَاءِ فَقَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُتَضَرِّعًا مُتَوَاضِعًا مُتَبَذِّلاً فَلَمْ يَخْطُبْ نَحْوَ خُطْبَتِكُمْ هَذِهِ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ  

nasai:1507Qutaybah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > ʿUmārah b. Ghaziyyah > ʿAbbād b. Tamīm > ʿAbdullāh b. Zayd

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed for rain wearing a black khamisah.  

النسائي:١٥٠٧أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَسْقَى وَعَلَيْهِ خَمِيصَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ