The Holy Prophet's (sa) Prayer for Rain

Saeed bin Musayyab relates from Hazrat Abu Lubabah (ra) bin Abdul Munzir that the Holy Prophet (sa) prayed for rain on a Friday, saying,

اَللّٰهُمَّ اسْقِنَا۔ اَللّٰهُمَّ اسْقِنَا۔ اَللّٰهُمَّ اسْقِنَا

“O Allah, send down rain upon us! O Allah, send down rain upon us! O Allah, send down rain upon us!” Abu Lababa (ra) stood up and said, “O Prophet of Allah (sa), the fruits have ripened in the orchards.” The narrator states that they could not see any cloud in the skies at the time. The Holy Prophet (sa) prayed, “O Allah! Send forth the rain in such abundance that Abu Lubabah(ra) will stop the waterhole reaching his barn of grains with the clothes off his body. He says that after the prayer, rain began to fall. The clouds emerged, rainfall began and the Holy Prophet (sa) then led the prayer. The narrator states that the Ansar came to Hazrat Abu Lubabah (ra) and said, “O Abu Lubabah, by God this rain shall not end until, according to the statement of the Holy Prophet (sa), you do not stop the flow of water entering into your stack of grain by using the clothes off of your bare body. Thus, Hazrat Abu Lubabah (ra) stood up to stop the flow of water with his clothes and thereafter the rain stopped.”

(Al-Sunan Al-Kubra Libehqi, Vol. 3, p. 500, Kitab-ul-Salat Al-Istisqa, Baab Al-Istisqa, Hadith 6530, Maktaba Al-Rushd, Beirut, 2004)