The Prayer for Rain if the Rain Falls Before It
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if it is decided, for example, that the prayer for rain will be held tomorrow, and then it rains the night before the prayer, as happened before this time, is the prayer for rain still performed?
Answer:
It has never rained. So if it rains, the plagues subside, and the intended result is achieved, then this is the prayer of the one seeking rain. But if it rains and the intended result is not achieved, he performs the prayer of the one seeking rain. Or if there are other regions that have not received rain. It rained in our city, Riyadh, but not in the other regions like al-Khalifa, al-Nasim, and Dammam; the situation is the same. We submit to them. We pray for their safety. Because the Muslims are one body. We do not say that they are separate. They are our brothers. So we pray for them.
Honorable Shaykh, if it is decided, for example, that the prayer for rain will be held tomorrow, and then it rains the night before the prayer, as happened before this time, is the prayer for rain still performed?
Answer:
It has never rained. So if it rains, the plagues subside, and the intended result is achieved, then this is the prayer of the one seeking rain. But if it rains and the intended result is not achieved, he performs the prayer of the one seeking rain. Or if there are other regions that have not received rain. It rained in our city, Riyadh, but not in the other regions like al-Khalifa, al-Nasim, and Dammam; the situation is the same. We submit to them. We pray for their safety. Because the Muslims are one body. We do not say that they are separate. They are our brothers. So we pray for them.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الهبة — islamhouse.com (1:09:48)
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