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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it prescribed for the follower to raise his hands in the prayer for rain?

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Question:
Regarding the prayer for rain: Is it prescribed for the followers to raise their hands?

Answer:
Yes, if he raises his hands, they raise their hands during the supplication.
Q: But when they finish the supplication: Is it prescribed for them to change their garment?
A: He changes his cloak or his shawl or his headscarf.
Q: Is it prescribed after that for him to raise his hands?
A: He raises his hands with his imam, so the imam raises his hands and the follower raises his hands, all of them raise their hands.
Q: But after changing the garment, is it prescribed to raise the hands?
A: When he turns toward the qiblah, he supplicates and raises his hands.
Q: Many imams, when they finish the sermon for the prayer for rain, turn toward the qiblah, then supplicate, while others change their cloak and then supplicate?
A: He changes his cloak, turns toward the qiblah and supplicates, then he descends; this is the Sunnah.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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