the whiteness of his armpits.” This was narrated by the compilers of the Sahīh, Sunan, and Musnad collections, such as al-Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, al-Tirmidhī, al-Nasā’ī, Ibn Mājah, Imām Ahmad in his Musnad, and others.

In one version narrated by Muslim, the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) prayed for rain and turned the backs of his hands toward the sky. Abū Dāwūd also narrated it, with the wording: “The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) would