Salah (prayer) for Rain

4 narrations

The Excellence of Prayer13 The Salah (Prayer) Any Time3 The Rare Ahadith14 The Masjids in Kufa3 Excellence of the Great Masjid of Kufah, Excellence of Performing Salah (prayer) and the Loveable places Therein9 Al-Sahlah Masjid3 Performing Optional Salah (Prayer) at the Time of Obligatory Salah (Prayer) and the Times Not to Perform Salah (Prayer)9 One Who Goes to Sleep Before Performing Salah (Prayer) or Forgets11 Construction of the Masjid of the Holy Prophet3 Forming a Barrier between One Performing Salah (Prayer) and Those Passing in Front of Him4 Women Performing Salah (Prayer) in Front of Men or Men Performing Salah (Prayer) With Women in Front (This chapter is best explained through the fatwas)7 Humility during Salah (prayer) and the Contemptibility of Playfulness during Prayer9

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صَاحَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ فِي الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ فَقَالَ لِيَ انْطَلِقْ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَسَلْهُ مَا رَأْيُكَ فَإِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ قَدْ صَاحُوا إِلَيَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ لِي قُلْ لَهُ فَلْيَخْرُجْ قُلْتُ لَهُ مَتَى يَخْرُجُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ قَالَ يُخْرِجُ الْمِنْبَرَ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ يَمْشِي كَمَا يَمْشِي يَوْمَ الْعِي

“People of al-Madinah cried before Muhammad ibn Khalid about Salah (prayer) for rain. He said to me, ’Go to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and ask him what is his opinion. These people cry before me.’ I went to him (the Imam) and conveyed to him (the Imam) the message. He (the Imam) told me to tell him (Muhammad ibn Khalid) to

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سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ فَقَالَ مِثْلُ صَلَاةِ الْعِيدَيْنِ يَقْرَأُ فِيهَا وَ يُكَبِّرُ فِيهَا كَمَا يَقْرَأُ وَ يُكَبِّرُ فِيهَا يَخْرُجُ الْإِمَامُ وَ يَبْرُزُ إِلَى مَكَانٍ نَظِيفٍ فِي سَكِينَةٍ وَ وَقَارٍ وَ خُشُوعٍ وَ مَسْكَنَةٍ وَ يَبْرُزُ مَعَهُ النَّاسُ فَيَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ وَ يُمَجِّدُهُ وَ يُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ وَ يَجْتَهِدُ فِي الدُّعَاءِ وَ يُكْثِرُ مِنَ التَّسْبِيحِ وَ التَّهْلِيلِ وَ التَّكْبِ

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn af-Hakam who has said the following: “I asked abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, about Salah (prayer) for rain. The Imam said, ‘It is like Salah (prayer) of ‘Idayn (Salah (prayer) for two ‘Sa’id) in which there is Takbir (saying Allah is

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سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ تَحْوِيلِ النَّبِيِّ ص رِدَاءَهُ إِذَا اسْتَسْقَى فَقَالَ عَلَامَةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ يُحَوَّلُ الْجَدْبُ خِصْباً.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about how the Holy prophet turned his gown upside down when pleading before Allah for rain. He (the Imam) (a.s.), said, ‘It is a sign between him and his companions that turns aridity to fertility.’”

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يُكَبِّرُ فِي صَلَاةِ الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ كَمَا يُكَبِّرُ فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ فِي الْأُولَى سَبْعاً وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ خَمْساً وَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الْخُطْبَةِ وَ يَجْهَرُ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ وَ يَسْتَسْقِي وَ هُوَ قَاعِدٌ.

4. It is in the narration of ibn al-Mughirah: that Takbir (Allah is great beyond description) in Salah (prayer) for rain is said in the same way as on the day of ‘Id, seven times in the first Rak‘at and five times in the second Rak‘at. He (the Imam) performs Salah (prayer) before the sermon; recites aloud and pleads fo

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