Rain prayers in UAE: Residents pray for prosperity and a better year ahead
Rain prayers in UAE: Residents pray for prosperity and a better year ahead Ashwani Kumar and Saman Haziq/Abu Dhabi Filed on December 18, 2020 Photo by Noorul Hasan / Khaleej Times It wasn't the first time rain prayers were offered in the country. Salat Al Istisqa, the special prayer for rain, was offered across the UAE on Friday. There was no azaan, the call to prayer, but people gathered early at mosques in supplication, praying to Allah to bless the country with rain. Khaleej Times' research. Abdullah Farooqui, a former imam for more than three decades in Abu Dhabi, explained that i...
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