\nNarrated Anas:\n \n\nOnce during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), the people of Medina suffered from drought. So while the \nProphet was delivering a sermon on a Friday a man got up saying, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The horses and \nsheep have perished. Will you invoke Allah to bless us with rain?" The Prophet (ﷺ) lifted both his hands \nand invoked. The sky at that time was as clear as glass. Suddenly a wind blew, raising clouds that \ngathered together, and it started raining heavily. We came out (of the Mosque) wading through the \nflowing water till we reached our homes. It went on raining till the next Friday, when the same man or \nsome other man stood up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The houses have collapsed; please invoke \nAllah to withhold the rain." On that the Prophet (ﷺ) smiled and said, "O Allah, (let it rain) around us and \nnot on us." I then looked at the clouds to see them separating forming a sort of a crown round Medina.\n

\nNarrated Anas:\n \n\nOnce during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), the people of Medina suffered from drought. So while the \nProphet was delivering a sermon on a Friday a man got up saying, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The horses and \nsheep have perished. Will you invoke Allah to bless us with rain?" The Prophet (ﷺ) lifted both his hands \nand invoked. The sky at that time was as clear as glass. Suddenly a wind blew, raising clouds that \ngathered together, and it started raining heavily. We came out (of the Mosque) wading through the \nflowing water till we reached our homes. It went on raining till the next Friday, when the same man or \nsome other man stood up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The houses have collapsed; please invoke \nAllah to withhold the rain." On that the Prophet (ﷺ) smiled and said, "O Allah, (let it rain) around us and \nnot on us." I then looked at the clouds to see them separating forming a sort of a crown round Medina.\n

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، وَعَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ أَصَابَ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَحْطٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَبَيْنَا هُوَ يَخْطُبُ يَوْمَ جُمُعَةٍ إِذْ قَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلَكَتِ الْكُرَاعُ، هَلَكَتِ الشَّاءُ، فَادْعُ اللَّهَ يَسْقِينَا، فَمَدَّ يَدَيْهِ وَدَعَا‏.‏ قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَإِنَّ السَّمَاءَ لَمِثْلُ الزُّجَاجَةِ فَهَاجَتْ رِيحٌ أَنْشَأَتْ سَحَابًا ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعَ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَتِ السَّمَاءُ عَزَالِيَهَا، فَخَرَجْنَا نَخُوضُ الْمَاءَ حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا مَنَازِلَنَا، فَلَمْ نَزَلْ نُمْطَرُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ الأُخْرَى، فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ ـ أَوْ غَيْرُهُ ـ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، تَهَدَّمَتِ الْبُيُوتُ، فَادْعُ اللَّهَ يَحْبِسْهُ‏.‏ فَتَبَسَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏\n"‏ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلاَ عَلَيْنَا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى السَّحَابِ تَصَدَّعَ حَوْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ كَأَنَّهُ إِكْلِيلٌ‏.‏