UAE President calls for rain prayers in mosques all across country
- 15 Dec 2020
President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has called for a prayer for rain, known in Arabic as Salaat Al Istisqaa, to be performed at all mosques and prayer areas across the UAE, ten minutes before the Friday prayer, 18th December.
The prayers were held to keep with the tradition of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) to pray for the land to be blessed with rain.
President Khalifa called for supplicating God to send rain, mercy and abundance upon the country and its people.
The weather in the UAE has been inconsistent over the past few days.
On Monday, the temperature in the afternoon shot up by a few notches, while dropping drastically in the evening.
The UAE weather body said the lowest temperature recorded over the country on Tuesday was at 7.4°C in Raknah on the outskirts of Al Ain at 06:45am local time.
