517. Dua for Winds and Storms
Ayesha (RA) said that when a storm arose, Rasoolullah (ﷺ) used to say -
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا، وَخَيْرَ مَا فِيهَا، وَخَيْرَ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا، وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا، وَشَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ
Dua for Winds and Storms English Transliteration
Allaahumma 'innee 'as'aluka khayrahaa, wa khayra maa feehaa, wa khayra maa 'ursilat bihi wa A'oodhu bika min sharrihaa, wa sharri maa feehaa, wa sharri maa 'ursilat bihi
Dua for Winds and Storms English Translation
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.
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا رَأَى مَخِيلَةً فِي السَّمَاءِ، أَقْبَلَ وَأَدْبَرَ، وَدَخَلَ وَخَرَجَ، وَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُهُ، فَإِذَا أَمْطَرَتِ السَّمَاءُ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ، فَعَرَّفَتْهُ عَائِشَةُ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: "مَا أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ كَمَا قَالَ قَوْمٌ: ﴿فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ قَالُوا هَذَا عَارِضٌ مُمْطِرُنَا﴾ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا عَصَفَتِ الرِّيحُ، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا، وَخَيْرَ مَا فِيهَا، وَخَيْرَ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا، وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا، وَشَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ.
Aishah, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ), reported that whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) saw clouds gathering in the sky, his face changed, he would go out, come in, move forward, and retreat. And when it rained, he would be relieved. Aishah knew this in him, and he said: "I do not know; perhaps it is as some people said: ﴿But when they saw it as a dense cloud approaching their valleys, they said, 'This is a cloud bringing us rain.'﴾" It is also narrated from him that when the wind would blow strongly, he would say: "O Allah, I ask You for its goodness, the good within it, and the good which it is sent with; and I seek refuge with You from its evil, the evil within it, and the evil with which it is sent."