Al-jawād means “generous.” The Arabs describe a horse as jawād when it is a strong runner, and rain as jawād when it is abundant.

ʿAntara said:

Every rain-laden cloud poured down upon it,
Leaving each garden like a dirham coin.

In the hadith describing the rain for which the Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed, it is related:

“No one came from any direction without reporting abundant rain.”

And in the hadith of Abū Hurayra recorded in Sahīh Muslim, concerning the three whom