Doha, Qatar: The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani performed the Istisqa prayer along with other worshippers at the Lusail prayer ground on Thursday morning, reviving the Prophetic Sunnah in asking Allah the Almighty for rainfall.
HH Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Personal Representative of the Amir, HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and HE Sheikh Jassim bin Khalifa Al-Thani also joined in the Istisqa prayer.
Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, and a number of Their Excellencies the Ministers and senior officials also performed the prayer.
In the sermon delivered by His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Yahya Butti Al Nuaimi after the prayer, he urged the worshippers to return to God sincerely and repentantly, and called them to be certain that He, Glory be to Him, has dominion over all things. His Eminence pointed out that God withholds rain from His servants so that they may awaken from their heedlessness and remember that they are weak and do not possess for themselves any benefit or harm except by what God wills. His Eminence also emphasized the importance of supplication, and beseeching Him for forgiveness and piety.
