Chapter: Raising The Hands In Supplication When Praying For Rain
Anas reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) raising his hands (high enough) in supplication (for rain) that the whiteness of his armpits became visible.
Anas b. Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) prayed for rain pointing the back of his hands to the sky.
Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was not accustomed to raice his hands in any supplication he made except when praying for rain. (He would then raise [his hands] high enough) that the whiteness of his armpits became visible. 'Abd al-A'la said that (he was in doubt whether it was) the whiteness of his armpit or armpits.
This hadith has been narrated by Anas b. Malik through another chain of transmitters.