الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب صلاة الاستسقاءChapters on the Prayer for Rain
بَابُ رَفْعِ الْيَدَيْنِ عِنْدَ الدُّعَاءِ فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ وَذِكْرِ أَدْعِيَةٍ مَأْثُورَةٍ
Chapter on raising the hands during supplication for rain and mentioning reported supplications
Hadith 2939
عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَسْقَى فَأَشَارَ بِظَهْرِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, supplicated for rain and he pointed towards the sky with the backs of his palms.
Hadith 2940
وَعَنْهُ أَيْضًا قَالَ: لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ (وَفِي لَفْظٍ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ) إِلَّا فِي الاسْتِسْقَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ
It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would not raise his hands in any supplication, except in the supplication for rain; in that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would raise his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits would be visible.
Hadith 2941
عَنْ عُمَيْرٍ مَوْلَى أَبِي اللَّحْمِ أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتَسْقِي عِنْدَ أَحْجَارِ الزَّيْتِ قَرِيبًا مِنَ الزَّوْرَاءِ قَائِمًا يَدْعُو يَسْتَسْقِي رَافِعًا كَفَّيْهِ لَا يُجَاوِزُ بِهِمَا رَأْسَهُ مُقْبِلٌ بِبَاطِنِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى وَجْهِهِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umair (may Allah be pleased with him), the freed slave of Abi al-Lahm, that he said: He saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) praying for rain near the place of Zawra, by Ahjaz al-Zayt. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was standing and supplicating, with his palms raised, but they were not raised above his head. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had the inner sides of his palms facing his face.
