Making a doll that children carry in procession in hope of rain
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Question:
This questioner says: There is a custom practiced in some countries where they make a doll out of wood, the children carry it in procession, and they pour water on it in hope of rain coming. Is this permissible or not?
Answer:
This is from the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). They do this as a substitute for the prayer for rain (istisqa') and for supplication. This is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says: There is a custom practiced in some countries where they make a doll out of wood, the children carry it in procession, and they pour water on it in hope of rain coming. Is this permissible or not?
Answer:
This is from the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). They do this as a substitute for the prayer for rain (istisqa') and for supplication. This is not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 01-01-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (41:05)
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