When there is a drought due to lack of rain, people might invite the mercy of God Almighty by gathering in an open field for Prayer, during the day. The Imam should wear a sheet of cloth as his outer garment and lead a two Rak‘at Prayer. The recitation in this Prayer should also be aloud. After the Prayer, the Imam should lead the congregation by raising his hands in Prayer and he should recite the following:
Transliteration:
Allahummasqina ghaitham-mughitham-muri‘an- nafi‘an ghaira dharin, ‘ajilan ghaira ajil. Allahummasqi ‘ibadaka wa baha’imaka wanshur rahmataka wa ahyi baladakal-mayyita. Allahummasqina, Allahummasqina. (Sunan Abi Dawud, Kitabus-Salat; Sunan Nasa’i)
Translation:
O Allah, give us rain, abundant, widespread, producing herbage, benefiting without doing injury, soon, without delay. O Lord send water for Thy servants, and Thy animals, and extend Thy Mercy and revive the land that lies dead. O Lord send us water! O Lord send us water.
Then, the Imam should recite Durud and continue to pray, expressing his humility and extolling the greatness of God. Then he should turn his sheet of cloth inside out. This amounts to a good omen and, in a way, depicts the plight of the people to the Creator, making a plea to Him that as the Imam has overturned his outer garment, God Almighty should accept their supplications and overturn the existing suffering caused by drought.