Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1513
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ 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» وَإِذَا تَخَيَّلَتِ السَّمَاءُ تَغَيَّرَ لَونه وحرج وَدَخَلَ وَأَقْبَلَ وَأَدْبَرَ فَإِذَا مَطَرَتْ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ فَعَرَفَتْ ذَلِكَ عَائِشَةُ فَسَأَلَتْهُ فَقَالَ: " لَعَلَّهُ يَا عَائِشَةُ كَمَا قَالَ قَوْمُ عَادٍ: (فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ قَالُوا: هَذَا عَارِضٌ مُمْطِرُنَا) وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: وَيَقُولُ إِذَا رَأَى الْمَطَرَ «رَحْمَةً»
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Aisha reported that when the wind blew fiercely, the Prophet said: O God, I ask You for its good, the good within it, and the good for which it was sent. I seek refuge in You from its evil, the evil within it, and the evil for which it was sent.
When the sky grew cloudy, his color changed, he became distressed, and he went in and out, coming forward and turning back. When it rained, he was relieved. Aisha noticed this and asked him about it. He said: Perhaps, Aisha, it is as the people of Ad said: When they saw it as a cloud formation facing their valleys, they said: This is a cloud formation that will bring us rain.
In one version, when he saw the rain, he would say: Mercy.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
وَإِذَا تَخَيَّلَتِ السَّمَاءُ تَغَيَّرَ لَونه وحرج وَدَخَلَ وَأَقْبَلَ وَأَدْبَرَ
Several verbs in this description are unusual in the supplied Arabic. The English witness interprets them as the sky becoming black, the Prophet showing alarm, and moving back and forth.
Can the Arabic wording be checked against a reliable edition or parallel before fixing the precise sequence and emotional description?