The Prayer for Rain in Schools

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. On the day of the Shaykh, the prayer for rain will be held, if Allah wills. He asks: What is the ruling on performing the prayer for rain in the school, in congregation with the students and teachers, at its proper time? Is there any harm in this for the students?

Answer:
What is required in the prayer for rain and the festival prayer is to go out into the open, for the people of the town to gather in one place if possible, or in several places. As for praying in schools, this is not known from the Salaf. They did not disperse, with each person praying in his own place, or each group of people praying in their own place. Rather, they would gather, go out, and proceed to the open area, praying together and supplicating to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). What is required of Muslims is to gather, and this is contrary to dispersing and scattering. So the students are granted a dispensation to go out and pray with the Muslims, rather than returning to dispersing and scattering. Yes.