IACAD calls for rain prayers this Friday in all Dubai mosques
DUBAI, 8th November, 2021 – The Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department (IACAD) in Dubai announced that rain prayers, known in Arabic as “Salaat Al Istisqaa”, should be performed in all mosques across the country on 12th November, 10 minutes before the Friday prayers.
The move is in implementation of the directives of the President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Hamad Al Sheikh Ahmed Al-Shaibani, Director-General of IACAD, called on citizens and residents to perform the rain prayer for every able Muslim, in accordance with the Sunnah, to pray to Allah to bless the nation with rain and mercy, and to answer the worshipers’ calls “duaa”.
It is worth mentioning that the rain prayer is a prayer that Muslims around the world perform in request for rain from Allah Almighty.
