Praying for Rain

Muslims usually pray five times a day as per the Qur'an. In the UAE now, we pray 7 times a day for rain to pour down and beat the heat of 41degrees celsius daily. It is summer time now and traffic seems to be more hectic, people are lazier, and people are more irate too.

Prayer for Rain
Istisqâ'
: A prayer consisting of two Rakât, invoking Allah for rain in seasons of drought,

See links:

The Nation Praying for Rain
http://www.khaleejtimes.co.ae/ktarchive/181202/uae.htm

Gulf state Muslims pray for rain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4035725.stm

One girl actually cut the excerpt from the newspaper to put on her website:
http://www.angelfire.com/on/lummus/Dubai.html



Or should we opt for Artificial Rain instead??

UAE is a very rich country. We are currently building a ski slope in the desert http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?article_ID=14605&categ_ID=4&edition_id=10, we might as well let the rain pour down http://www.invasivespecies.gov/education/workshopSep96/jensen.html artificially??

What do you think? I would love it if it rains at least once a week. That wont cost too much would it? Surely, UAE can spare some cash for that. We'll all wait and see.