Chapter 136
Remembrance 4 from Chapter 136
What to say when the wind blows
Arabic
Romanisation
Allāhumma-j‘alhā raḥmatan wa lā taj‘alhā ‘adhābā, Allāhumma-j‘alhā riyāḥan wa lā taj‘alhā rīḥā.
Context
Imam ash-Shāfi‘ī, may Allah have mercy on him, said in his book al-Umm with his isnād from Ibn ‘Abbās
who narrated: “Never did the wind blow strongly without the Prophet
kneeling down and saying: ‘O Allah, make it a mercy and do not make it a punishment. O Allah, make it [various] winds and not [one] wind.’” [7].
References
[7] Al-Umm (1/253) and al-Futūḥāt (4/277). Ibn Ḥajar states that this hadith is ḥasan. It is reported by al-Bayhaqī in al-Ma‘rifah.