Chapter: Supplication when the rain is excessive: Around us, not upon us.
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The reciter: In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his Sahih, in the Book of Istisqa' (Prayer for Rain):
Chapter: Supplication when the rain is excessive: Around us, not upon us.
The Shaykh : His statement "Around us, not upon us" means around us, but it was phrased this way to match the phrase "not upon us."
And in this is evidence that rhyming prose (saj') that is not forced, whether in supplication or in casual speech, is permissible, because rhyming prose gives speech a luster and beauty, and there is no harm in it. As you know, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 2719a and he used to say: Sahih al-Bukhari 2729 So if the rhyming prose is not forced, it is something that adorns speech, whether in supplication or in casual speech. Yes.
Chapter: Supplication when the rain is excessive: Around us, not upon us.
The Shaykh : His statement "Around us, not upon us" means around us, but it was phrased this way to match the phrase "not upon us."
And in this is evidence that rhyming prose (saj') that is not forced, whether in supplication or in casual speech, is permissible, because rhyming prose gives speech a luster and beauty, and there is no harm in it. As you know, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: