If the imam does not memorize the supplication for rain, is it permissible to write it down?

Question : If this supplication is not obtained, it becomes a fabrication. And if he does not memorize this supplication and writes it down, he should look at the situation: if the people perceive that it is like a paper being read, he should not do it, because generally, when a person focuses on reading, he does not fear that his heart will be distracted, and his concern becomes merely establishing the wording.

Answer : It is just the written text, and perhaps if he supplicated with a supplication from his own heart, it would be more humble before Allah the Exalted and more moving in the supplication. But if he continues to read this paper, he will not have that effect in the supplication, unless he adopts a specific method, such that, for example, when he supplicates, as is the Sunnah (recommended practice) to raise his hands, he raises the paper with his hands and holds it up, in which case there may be some benefit. But if he repeats "O Allah, send us rain, O Allah, send us rain," the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said it three times in the Friday sermon, and these supplications may also be said to require tracing and verification as to whether they are established from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or not? Yes.