Remembrance 3 from Chapter 135

Allāhumma-sqinā ghaythan mughīthā, marī‘an marī’ā, nāfi‘an ghayra ḍārr, ‘ājilan ghayra ājil.

We relate in the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd with a ṣaḥīḥ isnād according to the criteria of Muslim, from Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh who related: “Some women came to the Messenger of Allah weeping because of the lack of rain, and he said: ‘O Allah, grant us rain that is a relief, wholesome, fertile and fruitful, beneficial and not harmful, coming sooner rather than later’ ^[3].and then the sky covered them [with rain-clouds].”

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