The people were struck by a year of drought during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was delivering the Friday sermon from the pulpit, an Arabi stood up and said, "Messenger of Allah, our wealth has perished and our families are hungry. Pray to Allah to grant us rain."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hands, and there was not a single Qaza in the sky. Then clouds rose up like mountains, and before he stepped down from his pulpit, I saw the rain dripping down his beard. It rained on us that day, the next day, the day after, and the day following, until the next Friday.Then that same Arabi, or another man, stood up and said, "Messenger of Allah, the buildings are collapsing and our wealth is drowning. Pray to Allah for us."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ raised his hands and said, "O Allah, around us and not upon us." He did not point his hand toward any part of the sky without it clearing, until Medina became like an opening in the clouds. The valley of Qanah flowed for a month, and no one came from any direction without speaking of the abundant rain.
أصاب الناس سنة على عهد رسول الله ﷺ، فبينا رسول الله ﷺ يخطب على المنبر يوم الجمعة، قام أعرابي فقال: يا رسول الله، هلك المال، وجاع العيال، فادع الله لنا أن يسقينا، قال فرفع رسول الله ﷺ يديه، وما في السماء قزعة، قال: فشار سحاب أمثال الجبال، ثم لم ينزل عن منبره حتى رأيت المطر يتحادر على لحيته، قال: فمطرنا يومنا ذلك، وفي الغد، ومن بعد الغد، والذي يليه إلى الجمعة الأخرى، فقام ذلك الأعرابي، أو رجل غيره، فقال: يا رسول الله! تهدم البناء، وغرق المال، فادع الله لنا، فرفع رسول الله ﷺ يديه وقال: اللهم حوالينا ولا علينا فما جعل يشير بيده إلى ناحية من السماء إلا تفرجت، حتى صارت المدينة في مثل الجوبة، حتى سال الوادي-وادي قناة شهرا قال: فلم يجئ أحد من ناحية إلا حدث بالجود.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Rain Requests (1033), and Muslim in the Book of Rain Requests (9/897), both through Uzai, who said, Ishaq bin Abdullah bin Abu Talha Ansari told us, who said, Anas bin Malik told me, and he related it, and the wording given here is Bukhari's.