It is recommended to perform the prayer for rain, even if the drought is in a land other than our own
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If the one in authority orders the prayer for rain, and then it rains before the prayer, is the prayer still performed?
If the one in authority said: You should seek rain for your own country specifically. If it rains, you do not seek rain. But does the order from the one in authority specify that you seek rain for your country specifically?The questioner: Does it cover all the lands?The Shaykh: You, for example, are from which country?The questioner: From Riyadh.
The Shaykh: The one in authority said: Seek rain for Riyadh only.
Then it rains on Riyadh. Do we seek rain or not? We do not seek rain, because the reason for which seeking rain was legislated has ceased. However, the orders that come from the one in authority are general, a general order. As you know, the Kingdom is vast in extent. If it rains in Riyadh, it may not have rained in al-Kharj, which is the closest place to it. So they seek rain, even if it has rained.For this reason, the scholars said: It is recommended to perform the prayer for rain, even if the drought is in a land other than their own.
If the one in authority said: You should seek rain for your own country specifically. If it rains, you do not seek rain. But does the order from the one in authority specify that you seek rain for your country specifically?The questioner: Does it cover all the lands?The Shaykh: You, for example, are from which country?The questioner: From Riyadh.
The Shaykh: The one in authority said: Seek rain for Riyadh only.
Then it rains on Riyadh. Do we seek rain or not? We do not seek rain, because the reason for which seeking rain was legislated has ceased. However, the orders that come from the one in authority are general, a general order. As you know, the Kingdom is vast in extent. If it rains in Riyadh, it may not have rained in al-Kharj, which is the closest place to it. So they seek rain, even if it has rained.For this reason, the scholars said: It is recommended to perform the prayer for rain, even if the drought is in a land other than their own.