The Place of the Prayer for Rain and Delaying It
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This person asks: Is it better to perform the prayer for rain in the schools, or in the prayer ground? And is it permissible to delay it until half an hour or forty-five minutes after the sun has risen?
Answer:
As you know, the Sunnah is for the Muslims to all go out for the festival prayer and the prayer for rain, and not to disperse. This is the default and the Sunnah, and it is what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions and the Muslims used to do; they did not disperse unless the town was crowded with people and their gathering in one place was impossible due to the narrowness. In that case, there is no harm in setting up several prayer grounds for the festival and for the prayer for rain. But for the schools simply to pray in their schools, that is something new and invented. This matter came to the Department of Ifta, and nothing was issued regarding it; no fatwa was issued on it. But the administrators of the schools, since no fatwa came to them, acted on this on their own initiative, so they bear the responsibility for it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
May Allah reward you. This person asks: Is it better to perform the prayer for rain in the schools, or in the prayer ground? And is it permissible to delay it until half an hour or forty-five minutes after the sun has risen?
Answer:
As you know, the Sunnah is for the Muslims to all go out for the festival prayer and the prayer for rain, and not to disperse. This is the default and the Sunnah, and it is what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions and the Muslims used to do; they did not disperse unless the town was crowded with people and their gathering in one place was impossible due to the narrowness. In that case, there is no harm in setting up several prayer grounds for the festival and for the prayer for rain. But for the schools simply to pray in their schools, that is something new and invented. This matter came to the Department of Ifta, and nothing was issued regarding it; no fatwa was issued on it. But the administrators of the schools, since no fatwa came to them, acted on this on their own initiative, so they bear the responsibility for it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
لقاء مفتوح [الزلفي] — alfawzan.live (39:10)
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