Remembrance 1 from Chapter 141
What to say after it has rained
WE RELATE FROM the Ṣaḥīḥs of al-Bukhārī and of Muslim from Zayd ibn Khālid al-Juhanī
, who related that the Messenger of Allah
led the Companions in the Ṣubḥ ṣalāh at Ḥudaybiyah [1].following rainfall (ithr samā’) at night. When he had finished he turned to the people and asked: “Do you know what your Lord said?” They replied: “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He continued: “He said: ‘My servants have arisen, some believing in Me and some disbelieving in Me. Those who said: “We have been granted rain because of the bounty and mercy of Allah” are believers in Me and disbelievers in the stars. Whoever said: “We have been granted rain by such-and-such a star” is a disbeliever in Me and a believer in the stars.’” [2].