Qunut in the Obligatory Prayer
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All praise is due to Allah alone, and may blessings and peace be upon the one after whom there is no prophet, and upon his family and his Companions. As for what follows: The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta has reviewed what was sent to His Eminence the Grand Mufti from the representative of the Department of Da'wah and Guidance in the Subaydah Province, which was referred to the Committee by the General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars with number (1580) and date 15/11/1428 AH. The questioner asked a question, the text of which is as follows: "I prayed behind an imam in Ramadan who performed qunut in the Maghrib prayer, seeking rain for its descent. Is this action prescribed? And is the failure of rain to fall considered a calamity for which qunut is prescribed in prayer? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good."
After studying the inquiry, the Committee responded that it is not reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or from his Rightly Guided Caliphs that qunut is performed in the obligatory prayer for seeking rain due to the delay of rain, even when the conditions for it are present. Rather, what is established from him (peace and blessings be upon him) is that he supplicated to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for the descent of rain while he was on the pulpit in the Friday prayer sermon and in the sermon for seeking rain.
After studying the inquiry, the Committee responded that it is not reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or from his Rightly Guided Caliphs that qunut is performed in the obligatory prayer for seeking rain due to the delay of rain, even when the conditions for it are present. Rather, what is established from him (peace and blessings be upon him) is that he supplicated to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for the descent of rain while he was on the pulpit in the Friday prayer sermon and in the sermon for seeking rain.
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