Rain prayer
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Rain prayer | |
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Official name | صلاة الاستسقاء |
Also called | Drought prayer |
Observed by | Muslims |
Type | Islamic |
Significance | A Muslim prayer offered to God seeking rain water. |
Observances | Sunnah prayers |
Begins | Duha |
Ends | Zenith - Noon |
Frequency | Occasionally |
Related to | Salah, Nafl prayer, Five Pillars of Islam |
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The Rain prayer (
Arabic: صلاة الاستسقاء; ṣalāt al-istisqa, "rain request prayer") is a sunnah salah (Islamic prayer) for requesting and seeking rain water from God.[1]
Presentation
According to Muslim
raised his hands in Dua and prayed to God for a downpour.[2] After his supplication was answered with torrential rain for days, Muhammad again prayed to God for the excessive rain to stop.[3]
On another occasion Muhammad is said to have walked out of the mosque in broad daylight into an esplanade with the
Ritual
In Muslim agricultural societies, in times of calamity such as drought, the Imam is asked to provide spiritual help to the community in the hope of inducing God to fall rain.[5]
Practice
On the day fixed to perform this prayer, the imam of the mosque leads Muslims in a collective ritual to ask God to give them enough rain for agricultural and human drinking needs, and personal hygiene.[6]
This prayer ritual takes place in the same open space outside the mosque where the two Eid prayers are held annually.[7]
References
- ^ "صلاة الاستسقاء".
- ISBN 9781934271186.
- ISBN 9783643909169.
- ISBN 9004119752.
- ^ Saqib, Muhammad Abdul Karim (13 April 2015). "A Guide to Salat (Prayer) in Islam".
- ISBN 9780191629822.
- ISBN 9783447050838.