Invoking Allah for Rain (Istisqaa)
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1010
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِنَبِيِّنَا فَتَسْقِينَا وَإِنَّا نَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِعَمِّ نَبِيِّنَا فَاسْقِنَا
Allāhumma innā kunnā natawassalu ilayka binabiyyinā fatasqīnā wa-innā natawassalu ilayka biʿammi nabiyyinā fāsqinā
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Narrated Anas:Whenever drought threatened them, `Umar bin Al-Khattab, used to ask Al-Abbas bin `Abdul Muttalib to invoke Allah for rain. He used to say, "O Allah! We used to ask our Prophet to invoke You for rain, and You would bless us with rain, and now we ask his uncle to invoke You for rain. O Allah ! Bless us with rain."(1) And so it would rain
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 1010
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)