Turning the stomachs of livestock during the prayer for rain
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, was there a precedent for turning the livestock around during the prayer for rain?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Your Excellency the Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Your Excellency? Yes, no, who said that?
The questioner:
Such that some of the Bedouin turn them over, so is that...?
The Shaykh:
This is due to the ignorance of the Bedouin. This is not permissible; it is a bid'ah (religious innovation). It is a bid'ah. And worse than that is what they do when they slaughter a bull, taking it to the mountain or the valley to slaughter it in seeking rain. This is from the matters of the jahiliyyah (the pre-Islamic age of ignorance), and this is slaughtering for other than Allah. It is not permissible. The istisqa' (prayer for rain) is supplication and prayer; that is the istisqa'. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, was there a precedent for turning the livestock around during the prayer for rain?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Your Excellency the Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Your Excellency? Yes, no, who said that?
The questioner:
Such that some of the Bedouin turn them over, so is that...?
The Shaykh:
This is due to the ignorance of the Bedouin. This is not permissible; it is a bid'ah (religious innovation). It is a bid'ah. And worse than that is what they do when they slaughter a bull, taking it to the mountain or the valley to slaughter it in seeking rain. This is from the matters of the jahiliyyah (the pre-Islamic age of ignorance), and this is slaughtering for other than Allah. It is not permissible. The istisqa' (prayer for rain) is supplication and prayer; that is the istisqa'. Yes.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: الربا نوعان: ربا فضل وربا نسيئة — islamhouse.com (1:07:54)
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