The Number of Takbirs in the Prayer for Rain and Its Sermon
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the correct view regarding the number of takbirs in the prayer for rain? Is it seven, including the takbir of entering prayer, or six? The first opinion is seven, and the second is six.
Answer:
Yes. Then he says, may Allah preserve you: As for the sermon for the prayer for rain, is it one or two? It is one. The two sermons are for the festival, whereas the prayer for rain has only one sermon. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the correct view regarding the number of takbirs in the prayer for rain? Is it seven, including the takbir of entering prayer, or six? The first opinion is seven, and the second is six.
Answer:
Yes. Then he says, may Allah preserve you: As for the sermon for the prayer for rain, is it one or two? It is one. The two sermons are for the festival, whereas the prayer for rain has only one sermon. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كم عدد تكبيرات صلاة الاستسقاء؟ وهل لها خطبة واحدة، أم اثنتان؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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