The ruling on supplicating for rain instead of saying "al-Ghayth"
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the validity of what some people say, that it is not correct to supplicate for rain, but rather a person should supplicate for abundant rain? Because the word "rain" (matar) did not appear in the Qur'an except in the context of punishment, and the word "abundant rain" (ghayth) did not appear in
Answer:
This is worse than the one before it. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said and he performed the prayer for rain and supplicated after it to the end of the supplication. So the Messenger asked, and Musa (peace be upon him) asked for rain for his people, [Al-Baqarah 2:60] So the Messenger asked for rain, seeking the rain, he did not say "O Allah, rain upon us," he said Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner asks: What is the validity of what some people say, that it is not correct to supplicate for rain, but rather a person should supplicate for abundant rain? Because the word "rain" (matar) did not appear in the Qur'an except in the context of punishment, and the word "abundant rain" (ghayth) did not appear in
Answer:
This is worse than the one before it. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said
O Allah, send us rain
اللهم أغثناO Allah, send us abundant rain
اللهم أغثنا غيثا مغيثاAnd [recall] when Moses prayed for water for his people, so We said, "Strike with your staff the stone." And there gushed forth from it twelve springs
وَإِذِ اسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ فَقُلْنَا اضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ الْحَجَرَ فَانفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًاO Allah, send us rain, O Allah, send us abundant rain, and do not make us among the despairing.
اللهم أغثنا، اللهم أسقنا الغيث، ولا تجعلنا من القانطين.The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
تفسير آيات من القرآن الكريم 12-07-1435هـ — af.org.sa (41:21)
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