Food & drink

Asking for it to move, not to stop

The wording is careful. Nothing is asked to end.

اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى ظُهُورِ الْجِبَالِ وَالآكَامِ وَبُطُونِ الأَوْدِيَةِ وَمَنَابِتِ الشَّجَرِ

Allāhumma ʿalā ẓuhūri-l-jibāli wa-l-ākāmi wa buṭūni-l-awdiyati wa manābiti-sh-shajar.

“O Allah, upon the backs of the mountains, the hills, the beds of the valleys and where the trees grow.”

The full narration

Narrated Anas bin Malik:A man came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Livestock are destroyed and the roads are cut off; so please invoke Allah." So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prayed for rain and it rained from that Friday till the next Friday. Then a man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The houses have collapsed, roads are cut off and the livestock are destroyed." So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O Allah ! (Let it rain) on the tops of the mountains, on the plateaus, in the valleys and over the places where trees grow." So the clouds cleared away from Medina as clothes are taken off

Source

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 1019

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  • Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)
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