A Day in the Life of a Muslim Child by Darussalam - page 43

possible to go for picnic or not.
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teacher asked us to be attentive and told
us that the Prophet
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used to
recite special supplication when it was
raining heavily.
Allahumma
sayyiban
nafi 'an.
[0 Allah! make it a beneficial rain].
All the students were repeating this
supplication in order to memorize it by
heart and were praying for the rain to stop.
After a little whil e heavy rain turned into
drizzle and then it stopped. We thanked
Allah for this as the weather now became
pleasant and ideal for picnic.
It
was planned that we would go in two
buses to the park about sixty kilome ters
away from our school. We were given
green signal to get ready for the trip . After
a little whi le buses reached the school and
all the students boarded on the buses. Just
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