Duas for Rain, Wind & Weather

What the Prophet ﷺ said on hearing thunder, in strong wind, when asking for rain and after rainfall, together with the dua for sighting the new moon.

10 duas

Dua During a Wind Storm (1)

اللّهُمَّ إِنَّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَها،وَأَعوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّها

Allāhumma innī as'aluka khayrahā, wa a`ūdhu bika min sharrihā.

O Allah, I ask You for the good of it, and seek refuge in You against its evil.

Abu Dawud 4/326

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Dua During a Wind Storm (2)

اللّهُمَّ إِنَّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَها،وَخَيْرَ ما فيها،وَخَيْرَ ما اُرْسِلَتْ بِه،وَأَعوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّها،وَشَرِّ ما فيها،وَشَرِّ ما اُرْسِلَتْ بِه

Allāhumma innī as'aluka khayrahā, wa khayra mā fīhā, wa khayra mā ursilat bih, wa a`ūdhu bika min sharrihā, wa sharri mā fīhā, wa sharri mā ursilat bih.

O Allah, I ask You for the good of it, for the good of what it contains, and for the good of what is sent with it. I seek refuge in You from the evil of it, from the evil of what it contains, and from the evil that is sent with it.

Muslim 2/616

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Dua for Thunder

سُبْحانَ الّذي يُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ،وَالملائِكةُ مِنْ خيفَته

Subḥāna ‘l-ladhī yusabbiḥur-ra`du bi ḥamdihi wa ‘l-malā'ikatu min khīfatih.

Glory is to Him Whom thunder and angels glorify due to fear of Him.

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Dua for Asking for Rain (1)

اللّهُمَّ اسْقِنا غَيْثاً مُغيثاً مَريئاً مُريعاً،نافِعاً غَيْرَ ضار،عاجِلاً غَيْرَ آجِل

Allāhumma ‘asqinā ghaythan mughīthan marī'an murī`a, nāfi`an ghayra ḍārr, `ājilan ghayra ājil.

O Allah, shower upon us abundant rain, beneficial not harmful, swiftly and not delayed.

Abu Dawud 1/303

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Dua for Asking for Rain (2)

اللّهُمَّ أغِثْنا،اللّهُمَّ أغِثْنا،اللّهُمَّ أغِثْنا

Allāhumma aghithnā, Allāhumma aghithnā, Allāhumma aghithnā.

O Allah, send us rain. O Allah, send us rain. O Allah, send us rain.

Al-Bukhari 1/224

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Dua for Asking for Rain (3)

اللّهُمَّ اسْقِ عِبادَكَ وَبَهائِمَك،وَانْشُرْ رَحْمَتَكَوَأَحْيِي بَلَدَكَ المَيِّت

Allāhumma’sqi `ibādaka wa bahā'imak, wanshur raḥmatak, wa aḥyi baladaka ‘l-mayyit

O Allah, give water to Your slaves, and Your livestock, and spread Your mercy, and revive Your dead land.

Abu Dawud 1/305

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Dua When It Rains

اللّهُمَّ صَيِّباً نافِعاً

Allāhumma ṣayyiban nāfi`a.

O Allah, (bring) beneficial rain clouds.

Al-Bukhari

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Dua After Rainfall

مُطِرْنا بِفَضْلِ اللهِ وَرَحْمَتِه

Muṭirnā bifaḍlillāhi wa raḥmatih.

We have been given rain by the grace and mercy of Allah.

Al-Bukhari 1/205

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Dua: Asking for Clear Skies

اللّهُمَّ حَوالَيْنا وَلا عَلَيْنا،اللّهُمَّ عَلى الآكامِ وَالظِّراب،وَبُطونِ الأوْدِية، وَمَنابِتِ الشَّجر

Allāhumma ḥawālaynā wa lā `alaynā. Allāhumma `ala ‘l-ākāmi waẓ-ẓirāb, wa buṭūni ‘l-awdiyati, wa manābitish-shajar.

O Allah, let the rain fall around us and not upon us, O Allah, (let it fall) on the pastures, hills, valleys, and the roots of trees.

Al-Bukhari 1/224

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Dua for Sighting the New Moon

اللهُ أَكْبَر،اللّهُمَّ أَهِلَّهُ عَلَيْنا بِالأمْنِ وَالإيمان،والسَّلامَةِ والإسْلام،وَالتَّوْفيقِ لِما تُحِبُّ رَبَّنا وَتَرْضى،رَبُّنا وَرَبُّكَ الله

Allāhu Akbar, Allāhumma ahillahu `alayna bi ‘l-amni wa ‘l-īmān, was-salāmati wa ‘l-'Islām, wat-tawfīqi limā tuḥibbu Rabbanā wa tarḍā, Rabbunā wa Rabbukallāh.

Allah is the Most Great. O Allah, bring us the new moon with security and Faith, with peace and in Islam, and in harmony with what our Lord loves and what pleases Him. Our Lord and your Lord is Allah.

At-Tirmidhi 5/504

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