Is the prayer for rain prescribed when the rain is delayed beyond its usual time, or when people are in need of it, even if it is not its usual time?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the Sunnah regarding the prayer for rain? Is it when the rain is delayed beyond its usual time? Or is it when people need rain and water, even if it is not their usual time?
Answer:
Both. Both, when people need water and rain for their drinking. Likewise, when the land becomes barren and the livestock go hungry. So the prayer for rain is sought. Yes. When there is a need for it. The need for drinking or the need for grazing and agriculture. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the Sunnah regarding the prayer for rain? Is it when the rain is delayed beyond its usual time? Or is it when people need rain and water, even if it is not their usual time?
Answer:
Both. Both, when people need water and rain for their drinking. Likewise, when the land becomes barren and the livestock go hungry. So the prayer for rain is sought. Yes. When there is a need for it. The need for drinking or the need for grazing and agriculture. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [266 -858] هل يشرع الاستسقاء عند تأخر نزول المطر عن وقته المعتاد أم عند حاجة الناس ولو في غير وقته؟ — youtube.com
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