Prayer for Earthquakes, Given Their Short Duration
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is known that earthquakes do not last more than a few minutes. So how do people pray the prescribed prayer when they do not gather until it has ended?
Answer:
They fear that it will repeat, because earthquakes repeat, as you hear. So they pray and ask Allah that it not repeat. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is known that earthquakes do not last more than a few minutes. So how do people pray the prescribed prayer when they do not gather until it has ended?
Answer:
They fear that it will repeat, because earthquakes repeat, as you hear. So they pray and ask Allah that it not repeat. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 027-كتاب الصلاة -18- تكملة صلاة العيدين وصلاة الاستسقاء - 26 — archive.org (1:10:53)
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