Explaining the ignorance of some mosque imams regarding the Sunnahs, such as the funeral prayer, the eclipse prayer, and the prayer for rain.
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The questioner : One person asked the Shaykh: instead of performing the funeral prayer, he performed the festival prayer.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. He said the seven takbirs of the festival prayer in the funeral prayer; the poor man did not know.
The questioner : And did he bow and prostrate?
The Shaykh : No, he did not bow or prostrate, only the takbirs. That is, he brought the extra takbirs.
The questioner : And a questioner asked him: "According to which school of jurisprudence is this?" He said to him: "This is what came to you."
Another questioner : The prayer for rain was performed two years ago or so in Egypt, so they prayed it in the mosques, each one praying in his own way.
The Shaykh : In his own way.
The questioner : They differed greatly, so they made many mistakes. Otherwise, it is not prayed among them, or it is not performed among them. For this reason, they did not know the practical application.
The Shaykh : They did not know it, it seems. The apparent situation is that there is, as they say today, a awakening, but the awakening is without knowledge.
The questioner : It is still sleeping.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It is still sleeping.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. They did not know the prayer for rain before, except in some countries. Now there are young men who are open to the Sunnah. When they want to pray the prayer for rain, they want to know how the prayer for rain is performed.
The questioner : Last year, the eclipse prayer in Jeddah was prayed, and there was no mosque that matched the second mosque; it was very disorganized.
The Shaykh : In any case, it is perhaps of the kind of: "The first of the rain is drops, then it pours down." As long as people have become aware of the importance of the Sunnah and the necessity of acting upon it, perhaps that will be followed by understanding it and becoming acquainted with it.
The questioner : Yes, I do.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. He said the seven takbirs of the festival prayer in the funeral prayer; the poor man did not know.
The questioner : And did he bow and prostrate?
The Shaykh : No, he did not bow or prostrate, only the takbirs. That is, he brought the extra takbirs.
The questioner : And a questioner asked him: "According to which school of jurisprudence is this?" He said to him: "This is what came to you."
Another questioner : The prayer for rain was performed two years ago or so in Egypt, so they prayed it in the mosques, each one praying in his own way.
The Shaykh : In his own way.
The questioner : They differed greatly, so they made many mistakes. Otherwise, it is not prayed among them, or it is not performed among them. For this reason, they did not know the practical application.
The Shaykh : They did not know it, it seems. The apparent situation is that there is, as they say today, a awakening, but the awakening is without knowledge.
The questioner : It is still sleeping.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : It is still sleeping.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. They did not know the prayer for rain before, except in some countries. Now there are young men who are open to the Sunnah. When they want to pray the prayer for rain, they want to know how the prayer for rain is performed.
The questioner : Last year, the eclipse prayer in Jeddah was prayed, and there was no mosque that matched the second mosque; it was very disorganized.
The Shaykh : In any case, it is perhaps of the kind of: "The first of the rain is drops, then it pours down." As long as people have become aware of the importance of the Sunnah and the necessity of acting upon it, perhaps that will be followed by understanding it and becoming acquainted with it.
The questioner : Yes, I do.
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