Is the prayer for rain performed if the water level of the Nile rises?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: In Egypt, if the water level of the Nile River rises, is it prescribed for us to perform the prayer for rain? And does this lead to the death of that year?
The Shaykh:
If so. He says: In Egypt, if the water level of the Nile River rises. They call it the flood, yes.
The questioner:
Is it prescribed for us to perform the prayer for rain, and does this lead to the death of that year?
The Shaykh:
This is what is prescribed: the prayer for rain is prescribed, and supplication is prescribed. It is prescribed to supplicate that Allah may lift the rain from the branches of the valley, because the valley comes from branches upon which rain falls in the winter and freezes. When summer comes, these snows melt and then come with the river. So if its level rises, they supplicate to Allah to lift the rain from the branches of the Nile Valley, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: In Egypt, if the water level of the Nile River rises, is it prescribed for us to perform the prayer for rain? And does this lead to the death of that year?
The Shaykh:
If so. He says: In Egypt, if the water level of the Nile River rises. They call it the flood, yes.
The questioner:
Is it prescribed for us to perform the prayer for rain, and does this lead to the death of that year?
The Shaykh:
This is what is prescribed: the prayer for rain is prescribed, and supplication is prescribed. It is prescribed to supplicate that Allah may lift the rain from the branches of the valley, because the valley comes from branches upon which rain falls in the winter and freezes. When summer comes, these snows melt and then come with the river. So if its level rises, they supplicate to Allah to lift the rain from the branches of the Nile Valley, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يصلى الاستسقاء إذا اترفع منسوب ماء النيل؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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