I heard Anas (bin Mâlik) saying, "(On a Friday) a person entered the main mosque while Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) was delivering the Khutba (religious talk) and requested (the Prophet (ﷺ) to invoke Allâh) for rain, repeating it many times, "and in this quotation (it is said), "We did not see the sun for a week." [Anas added, Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) raised both his hands and said, "O Allâh ! Bless us with rain ! O Allah ! Bless us with rain ! O Allâh ! Bless us with rain ! " Anas added, By Allâh, we could not see any trace of cloud in the sky and there was no building or a house between us and (the mountains of) Sila '." Anas added, "A heavy cloud like a shield appeared from behind it (i.e. Sila mountain), when it came in the middle of the sky, it spread and then rained."] Anas further said, "By (next Friday) a person entered through the same gate and at that time Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) was delivering the Friday's Khutba (religious talk). The man stood in front of him and said, 'O Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ): The livestock are dying and the roads are cut off, please invoke Allâh to withhold rain." " Anas added, "Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) raised both his hands and said, O Allâh ! Round about us and not on us. O Allah ! On the plateaus, on the mountains, on the hills, in the valleys and on the places where trees grow. ' So the rain stopped and we came out walking in the sun. [2:126-O.B.]