The Prayer for Seeking Rain (Salat Al-Istisqa)
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 80
رَوَى عَبْدُ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ عَنِ اَلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «إِذَا فَشَتْ أَرْبَعَةٌ ظَهَرَتْ أَرْبَعَةٌ إِذَا فَشَا اَلزِّنَى ظَهَرَتِ اَلزَّلاَزِلُ وَ إِذَا أُمْسِكَتِ اَلزَّكَاةُ هَلَكَتِ اَلْمَاشِيَةُ وَ إِذَا جَارَ اَلْحُكَّامُ فِي اَلْقَضَاءِ أُمْسِكَ اَلْقَطْرُ مِنَ اَلسَّمَاءِ وَ إِذَا خُفِرَتِ اَلذِّمَّةُ نُصِرَ اَلْمُشْرِكُونَ عَلَى اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ.
Abdul Rahman ibn Kathir narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام who said: "When four things become widespread, four other things will appear: when fornication spreads, earthquakes will manifest; when Zakat (charity) is withheld, livestock will perish; when rulers act unjustly in judgments, rain will be withheld from the sky; and when agreements and covenants are broken, the polytheists will gain victory over the Muslims."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh