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The Story of the Prophet Muhammad’s Prayer for Rain During Madinah’s Drought

From Republika · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A religious account describes a man asking the Prophet Muhammad to pray for rain during a drought in Madinah.
  • Rain fell for a week, and the man later returned to ask for the rainfall to stop after the city was inundated.
  • Muslims in Pontianak recently held Istisqa prayers seeking rain amid a prolonged dry season and land and forest fires in West Kalimantan.

As a prolonged dry season and forest and land fires affect West Kalimantan, Muslims in Pontianak gathered for Istisqa prayers, asking Allah to send rain. The prayer took place at the courtyard of the Mujahidin Grand Mosque on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026.

The gathering recalls a well-known account from the time when Madinah faced drought. While the Prophet Muhammad was delivering the Friday sermon, a Bedouin Arab asked him to pray for rain. The Prophet looked toward the sky, where no clouds could be seen, and then asked Allah to send rain.

Clouds gathered soon afterward, and rain began to fall until water ran through Madinah’s channels. The rain continued for a week. At the next Friday sermon, the same man returned, asking the Prophet to pray for the rain to stop because the people had been overwhelmed by it. The account says the Prophet laughed before praying for the rain to move to areas around Madinah.

The story is related through Anas in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. The quoted request was: “Rain has not fallen, so ask your Lord to send down rain.”

Rain has not fallen, so ask your Lord to send down rain.

· A man who approached the Prophet MuhammadThe request made during the Friday sermon in Madinah during a drought.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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