The Ruling on the Prayer for Withholding Rain and Supplication When Rain Is Excessive
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Question:
And the night of the month. So the validity and soundness of the prayer for withholding rain; I prefer making up the missed prayers in it.
Answer:
We do not know of a prayer for withholding rain, nor do we understand it as prescribed; it has no basis. The request for withholding rain is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did. When the Bedouin came to him and saidSahih Muslim 897a. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hands and said Sahih al-Bukhari 1014. Muwatta Malik 13:3.
The jurists say that when rain becomes excessive and causes harm, one should make this supplication with which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated in his Friday sermons and elsewhere. As for the prayer, it is a bid'ah (religious innovation) with no basis. Yes.
And the night of the month. So the validity and soundness of the prayer for withholding rain; I prefer making up the missed prayers in it.
Answer:
We do not know of a prayer for withholding rain, nor do we understand it as prescribed; it has no basis. The request for withholding rain is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did. When the Bedouin came to him and said
Messenger of Allah, our animals died and the passages blocked. Supplicate Allah to stop the rain for us.
يا رسول الله هلكت الأموال وانقطعت السبل ادعو الله يمسكها عناO Allah! Round about us and not on us. O Allah!' On the plateaus, on the mountains,
اللهم حوالينا ولا علينا. اللهم على الضراب والآثامthe valley bottoms, and the places where trees grow
وبطون الاوديه ومنابت الشجرThe jurists say that when rain becomes excessive and causes harm, one should make this supplication with which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated in his Friday sermons and elsewhere. As for the prayer, it is a bid'ah (religious innovation) with no basis. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 76 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الصلاة/اللباس/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (54:07)
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