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The Miracles of our Prophet (saas)

hands and said: "O Allah, give us rain. O Allah, give us rain. O
Allah, give us rain." By Allah, at that time there were no clouds in
the sky and there was no house or build ing be tween us and the
moun tain. From be hind the moun tain came a cloud look ing like a
shield. By the time it reached the mid dle of the sky, it burst and
start ed to rain. 32
Here are some oth er rel e vant had iths:
Narrated Sharik bin 'Ab dul lah bin Abi Namir:
I heard Anas ibn Malik say: "One Friday a per son en tered the main
mosque through the gate fac ing the pul pit while the Messenger of
Allah was de liv er ing the khut bah. He stood in front of the
Messenger of Allah and said: 'O Messenger of Allah , the live stock
are dy ing and the roads are cut off. Please pray to Allah for rain.'
Anas add ed: 'The Messenger of Allah raised both his hands and
said: "O Allah, bless us with rain. O Allah, bless us with rain. O
Allah, bless us with rain."' Anas add ed: 'By Allah, we could not see
any trace of cloud in the sky and there was no build ing or house be -
tween us and (the moun tains of) Sila.' Anas add ed: 'A heavy cloud
like a shield ap peared from be hind it (i.e., Sila' Mountain). When it
came in the mid dle of the sky, it spread and then rained.'" 33

Yahya re lat ed to me from Malik from Sharik ibn Abdullah ibn Abi
Namir that Anas ibn Malik said: "A man came to the Messenger of
Allah (saas) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, our an i mals are dy -
ing and our cam els are too weak to trav el. Please pray to Allah [for
us].' The Messenger of Allah (saas) did so, and it rained on us from
one ju mu`ah to the next." 34
Narrated Anas:

A man en tered the mosque on Friday while the Prophet was ad -
dress ing the peo ple. He said: "O Messenger of Allah, our wealth has
been de stroyed and we have no trans port to the mar ket place. Pray
for rain for us." The Prophet raised his hands and said: "O

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