Asceticism Regarding the Prayer for Rain
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: He notices that some of the upright people are ascetic regarding the prayer for rain, and they say: Before you pray the prayer for rain, leave off your sins for a period, and then ask for rain.
Answer:
He is ignorant. The prayer for rain is a confirmed sunnah (recommended practice), a confirmed sunnah. So the one who says to leave it off is ignorant; he is ordering the abandonment of a sunnah established from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: He notices that some of the upright people are ascetic regarding the prayer for rain, and they say: Before you pray the prayer for rain, leave off your sins for a period, and then ask for rain.
Answer:
He is ignorant. The prayer for rain is a confirmed sunnah (recommended practice), a confirmed sunnah. So the one who says to leave it off is ignorant; he is ordering the abandonment of a sunnah established from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، ذكر الآثار عن تابعي التابعين ومن بعدهم — islamhouse.com (1:02:09)
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