The ruling on turning the shammagh and the cloak in the prayer for rain
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Question:
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the shammagh turned in the prayer for rain, and when is the cloak turned? The shammagh, the coat, and the like, meaning
Answer:
one does what he is able to do, following the Sunnah to the best of his ability. The default is to turn the cloak, like the bisht, like the jallab that is on him, or the jallab, for example, or the bisht, which takes the place of the cloak. It is turned when he finishes the sermon. When the preacher finishes the sermon, he turns toward the qiblah and supplicates. He turns his cloak and supplicates. The congregation follows him, so they turn their cloaks, turn toward the qiblah, and supplicate. Standing is better. They will stand in order to turn the cloak. Is he not turning the cloak while he is sitting?
We say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the shammagh turned in the prayer for rain, and when is the cloak turned? The shammagh, the coat, and the like, meaning
Answer:
one does what he is able to do, following the Sunnah to the best of his ability. The default is to turn the cloak, like the bisht, like the jallab that is on him, or the jallab, for example, or the bisht, which takes the place of the cloak. It is turned when he finishes the sermon. When the preacher finishes the sermon, he turns toward the qiblah and supplicates. He turns his cloak and supplicates. The congregation follows him, so they turn their cloaks, turn toward the qiblah, and supplicate. Standing is better. They will stand in order to turn the cloak. Is he not turning the cloak while he is sitting?
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1706 -2802] هل يُقلب الشماغ في الاستسقاء ومتى يُقلب؟ وهل لابد من الوقوف عند الدعاء؟ — youtube.com
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