((اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّباً نَافِعاً)).
allahumma sayyiban nafi'a
O Allah, make it a beneficial rain.
Source & authenticity
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 64
Translation: dua-dhikr (fitrahive), free redistribution
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Context & meaning
One request, and it does not ask for rain. The rain has already come; what is asked is that it be of a particular kind. The single qualifier, beneficial, carries the whole supplication, and nothing else is named — no crops, no land, no people. Allah is addressed once at the opening, and the sentence ends immediately after the request.
When & how to recite
The chapter places these words at the falling of rain.
Reflection
What it asks for is a distinction rather than a thing. Rain that has already arrived can still do harm, and the request separates the two possibilities.
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Common questions
Where does this dua come from?
The corpus records it at Hisn al-Muslim 64:172.
What do these words mean?
In translation: “O Allah, make it a beneficial rain.” One request, and it does not ask for rain.
How is this pronounced?
In Latin script: “allahumma sayyiban nafi'a”
At what point is it recited?
The chapter places these words at the falling of rain. What it asks for is a distinction rather than a thing.