Bayan Al-Hadith › Sahih al-Bukhari › Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa)
Sahih al-Bukhari 1031صحيح البخاري 1031
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، وَابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ فِي شَىْءٍ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ إِلاَّ فِي الاِسْتِسْقَاءِ، وَإِنَّهُ يَرْفَعُ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ.
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) never raised his hands for any invocation except for that of Istisqa' and he used to raise them so much that the whiteness of his armpits became visible. (Note: It may be that Anas did not see the Prophet (ﷺ) raising his hands, but it is narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to raise his hands for invocations other than Istisqa. See Hadith No. 807 & 808 and also see Hadith No. 612, Vol. 5).
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
محمد بن بشار بن عثمان ← يحيى بن سعيد بن فروخ ← شعبة بن الحجاج بن الورد ← قتادة بن دعامة بن قتادة ← أنس بن مالك بن النضر
Muhammad ibn Bashshar ibn Uthman → Yahya ibn Sa'id ibn Farrukh → Shu'ba ibn al-Hajjaj ibn al-Ward → Qatada ibn Di'ama ibn Qatada → Anas bin Malik
