Is the sermon for seeking rain before the prayer or after it?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the statement of Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him), "Then he descended and prayed two rak'ahs with them," does this indicate that the sermon was before the prayer, or are both options permissible?
Answer:
The hadith indicates this; it indicates that he placed the sermon before the prayer. However, the majority of the hadiths are to the effect that the prayer is before the sermon, and there is no sound opinion regarding this specific hadith.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the statement of Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him), "Then he descended and prayed two rak'ahs with them," does this indicate that the sermon was before the prayer, or are both options permissible?
Answer:
The hadith indicates this; it indicates that he placed the sermon before the prayer. However, the majority of the hadiths are to the effect that the prayer is before the sermon, and there is no sound opinion regarding this specific hadith.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [ 3436/452] هل تكون خطبة الاستسقاء قبل الصلاة أم بعدها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.