When there is excessive rain

اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلاَ عَلَيْنَا، اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى الآكَامِ وَالظِّرَابِ وَبُطُونِ الأَوْدِيَةِ وَمَنَابِتِ الشَّجَر

Transliteration

Allaahumma hawaalaynaa wa laa ‘alaynaa. Allaahumma ‘alal-’aakaami wadh-dhiraabi, wa butoonil-’awdiyati, wa manaabitish-shajari

Translation

O Allah, let it pass us and not fall upon us, but upon the hills and mountains, and the center of the valleys, and upon the forested lands.

SourceSahih Al-Bukhari: 1014

Related Duas

For rain

اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنَا غَيْثًا مُغِيثًا مَرِيئًا مَرِيعاً نَافِعًا غَيْرَ ضَارٍّ عَاجِلاً غَيْرَ آجِلٍ

O Allah! give us rain which will replenish us, abundant, fertilising and profitable, not injurious, granting it now without delayd not delayed.

Abu Dawud: 1169

When it rains

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا

O Allah, make it beneficial rain.

An-Nasai: 1523

After rainfall

مُطِرْنَا بِفَضْلِ اللّٰهِ وَرَحْمَتِهِ

We have been given rain by the grace and mercy of Allah.

Sahih Muslim: 71

Upon hearing thunder

اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَقْتُلْنَا بِغَضَبِكَ وَلَا تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ

O Allah, do not kill us with Your wrath, and do not destroy us with Your punishment, and pardon us before that.

At-Tirmidhi: 3450

During a windstorm

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِهَا وَخَيْرِ مَا فِيهَا وَخَيْرِ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا وَشَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ

O Allah, indeed, I ask You for its good, the good of what is in it, and the good of what it has been sent with. And I seek refuge in You from its evil, the evil of what is in it, and the evil of what it has been sent with.

At-Tirmidhi: 3449

When starting ablution

بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ

In the name of Allah.

Ibn Majah: 397

When given a drink

اللَّهُمَّ أَطْعِمْ مَنْ أَطْعَمَنِي وَأَسْقِ مَنْ أَسْقَانِي

O Allah! Feed him who fed me and give him drink who gave me to drink.

Sahih Muslim: 2055 (a)

Before Sleeping (1)

بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي، وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ، فَإِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا، وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا، بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ

In Your name my Lord, I lie down and in Your name I rise, so if You should take my soul then have mercy upon it, and if You should return my soul then protect it in the manner You do so with Your righteous servants.

At-Tirmidhi: 3401

Before Sleeping (4)

بِاسْـمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

In Your name O Allah, I live and die.

Sahih Al-Bukhari: 6324

When you wake up (1)

اَلۡحَمۡدُ لِلّٰہِ الَّذِیۡ أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ

All praise is for Allah who gave us life after having taken it from us and unto Him is the resurrection.

Sahih Al-Bukhari: 6312